Species of the fungivorous genus Psalidothrips Priesner from China, with five new species (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae)

Abstract

An identification key and review is provided of fifteen species of the fungivorous genus Psalidothrips Priesner from China, with five new species, P. angustus sp. n., P. comosus sp. n., P. fabarius sp. n., and P. latizonus sp. n., and P. nigroterminatus sp. n. In addition, Psalidothrips consimilis Okajima, previously known only from Ryukyu Islands, Japan, is newly recorded in China.

Asia-Australia distribution patterns among species of Mystrothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), with two new species

“…These distributions of generalist fungivorous species contrast with the narrow ranges of many phytophagous species, such as Australian thrips that are associated only with particular native plants. However, the extensive planting across Southeast Asia of Eucalyptus species from Australia seems likely to provide opportunities for some taxa of litter-living Phlaeothripinae, such as members of the genus Psalidothrips Priesner, to expand their range northwards out of Australia (Zhao et al 2018). The thrips considered in this paper are members of the genus Mystrothrips Priesner.…”