The southern Palaearctic genus Neoheegeria (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae): redefinition and key to species

Minaei, Kambiz; Azemayeshfard, Parvaneh; Mound, Laurence A.

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“…For European quarantine of thrips species, adjusted morphological keys are included in official diagnostic protocols published by EPPO (EPPO standards 2002, 2005. Furthermore, many 'small' keys to a few thrips species have been published as the result of studies of small populations of thrips species in a given area or when new morphological characters are discussed for some species (Bhatti 1999a, b, c;Minaei et al 2007;Zhang et al 2011). Alternatively, Mound et al (2009) created 'World Thysanoptera', a website established to provide a base for the development of taxonomic research and dissemination of information on the order Thysanoptera.…”

Section: Traditional Methodsmentioning

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Traditional and modern methods for the identification of thrips (Thysanoptera) species

Mehle

Trdan

2012

J Pest Sci

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Many thrips are pests of commercial crops due to the damage they cause by feeding on developing flowers or vegetables. Thrips may also serve as vectors for plant diseases, such as tospoviruses. Their small size and predisposition towards enclosed places makes them difficult to detect by phytosanitary inspection. In this review, several methods available for identifying thrips, including their advantages and disadvantages, are discussed. A combination of different methods gives the most reliable identification. Relatively new morphometric, molecular and biochemical methods for identifying thrips species represent valuable alternatives for situations in which correct identification with classical morphological methods is very difficult, time consuming or virtually impossible. However, traditional morphological methods should not be neglected, especially because adequate identification using morphological keys is usually an indispensable first step in the development and validation of these new modern methods. In addition, modern systems may still require specimen identification to the genus level via morphological keys, or such keys may be recommended to confirm the results of modern identification methods.

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Section: Traditional Methodsmentioning

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Traditional and modern methods for the identification of thrips (Thysanoptera) species

Mehle

Trdan

2012

J Pest Sci

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“…In the genus Neoheegeria, Priesner (1961: 61) distinguished hamanni from dalmatica as follows: "pseudovirga parallel-sided as in N. dalmatica Schm., but broader". Despite this, Minaei et al (2007) regarded N. hamanni as a junior synonym of N. dalmatica, having been described from slightly smaller individuals. A similar problem occurs with Dolicholepta proximius Priesner (1965: 420).…”

Section: Male Genitalia Of Other Haplothripinimentioning

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New synonymy in the wheat thrips, Haplothrips tritici (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)

Minaei

Mound

2014

Zootaxa

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The wheat thrips, Haplothrips tritici, is known from across eastern Europe and adjoining areas of Asia into western Europe and north Africa, and is widely regarded as a pest of cultivated cereal crops, particularly of Triticum but also of Hordeum (Özsisli 2011). The identity of this thrips species is not in doubt, but a closely similar species, Haplothrips cerealis, was described from Egypt (Priesner 1939), and subsequently recorded between southeastern Europe and Iran (see Minaei & Mound 2008). Priesner based this species on an unspecified number of specimens of both sexes, collected from the ears of cultivated wheat at "Wadi Gederât, Sinai", and did not designate a holotype. Minaei and Mound (2010) indicated that they considered the records of cerealis from Iran to be based on misidentifications of tritici, but they suggested that further studies were required to determine if there is any evidence that these names represent different species in other countries. The problems arise because the published descriptions of, and comparisons between, the two species are confusing and sometimes contradictory. The objective of this report is to examine the published literature, and to consider this in relation to observed structural variation in recently collected samples as well as specimens in museums that are variously labeled as one or other of these two species. Literature references to femalesThe original description (Priesner 1939) states that cerealis differs from tritici in having shorter postocular, prothoracic and abdominal setae that are sharply pointed, whereas those of tritici are rounded at the tip, and that cerealis also differs in the shape of the male aedeagus. Subsequently, Priesner (1950) provided a key to the world species of Haplothrips, but the choices involved in this are confusing with cerealis emerging at one couplet only, but tritici emerging at five different couplets. At couplet 60(85) the choice is "Major bristles blunt, at least basal wing bristles 1 and 2 blunt or knobbed", with the contrasting choice "Epimeral and basal wing bristles (at least b.2 and 3) sharply pointed". The first choice will lead to tritici (plus some other species), and this agrees with Priesner's 1939 statement above. The second choice at couplet 60(85) will lead to 15 species, of which the final pair is tritici and cerealis (couplet 113/114) with tritici stated to have "Prothoracic and basal wing bristles nearly knobbed", but cerealis to have "Major bristles slightly blunt". Thus the choice leading to cerealis at couplets 60(85) (sharply pointed) contradicts that leading to this species at 113(114) (slightly blunt). Later couplets in this key indicate that tritici has the major setae "not quite sharp" or "narrowed toward blunt tip, not distinctly knobbed". Thus this key does not function to distinguish cerealis females from those of tritici.Despite the problems indicated with the 1950 comparison, in a subsequent key to the Haplothrips species of Egypt, Priesner (1965) distinguished the two species at couplet 47(52) ...

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“…Adults and larvae of D. micrura were beaten from branches of Acacia tortillis in Abu Dhabi during June 2007, and the species has also been seen from an unidentified Acacia species in Niger. The genus Neoheegeria Schmutz is now considered to comprise four species (Minaei et al 2007b), and the available biological data suggest that these species are all associated with the flowers of Lamiaceae, although this host association is possibly not strict. Plicothrips Bhatti includes only two species, both of which occur in the inflorescences of Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae).…”

Section: Iranian Haplothripini: Biological Diversitymentioning

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“…Also in Neoheegeria persica, described by Priesner (1954) from a single female lacking any tooth, among 14 females examined recently, 3 had a very small fore tarsal tooth. Not only does this structure vary within species in size, shape and presence, it can also be very difficult to observe in slide-mounted specimens unless the fore tarsus is viewed laterally and slightly compressed (Minaei et al 2007b). …”

Section: Character States In Iranian Haplothripinimentioning

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“…Priesner 1950; Mound and Walker 1986), but the variation and validity has rarely been discussed. For example, in Neoheegeria dalmatica Schmutz the number of duplicated cilia is known to vary from 10 to 18 (Minaei et al 2007b). In the present study, variation has been observed both within samples of single species, and also on the left and right wings of the same specimen.…”

Section: Character States In Iranian Haplothripinimentioning

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The Thysanoptera Haplothripini (Insecta: Phlaeothripidae) of Iran

Minaei

Mound

2008

Journal of Natural History

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In Iran, 4 genera and 27 species are recorded of the Thysanoptera tribe Haplothripini (Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae): Dolicholepta Priesner with 1 species, Haplothrips Amyot and Serville with 23 species, Neoheegeria Schmutz with 2 species, and Plicothrips Bhatti with 1 species. Identification keys are provided to these taxa. Three new synonyms are established: H. inoptatus Priesner is a junior synonym of H. globiceps Bagnall, H. iraniensis Priesner is a junior synonym of H. maroccanus Priesner, and H. scythicus Knechtel is a junior synonym of H. leucanthemi (Schrank). Reports of H. cerealis Priesner from Iran are considered to be misidentifications of H. tritici Kurdjumov, and comments are made on the identity of several predatory species related to H. subtilissimus (Haliday) and H. globiceps Bagnall. Several character states used for recognizing taxa in Haplothrips are discussed, and available biological data for each species are presented.

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The southern Palaearctic genus Neoheegeria (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae): redefinition and key to species

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Traditional and modern methods for the identification of thrips (Thysanoptera) species

Traditional and modern methods for the identification of thrips (Thysanoptera) species

New synonymy in the wheat thrips, Haplothrips tritici (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)

The Thysanoptera Haplothripini (Insecta: Phlaeothripidae) of Iran

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