Gigantothrips Zimmermann 1900
Gigantothrips Zimmermann This genus of gall inducing species comprises 22 Old-world species found in Asia (ThripsWiki 2023), and no member of the genus was known previously from Arabian Peninsula. It is a member of Liothrips -lineage of thrips based on these characters: leaf feeding and gall inducing habits, one sense cone on antennal segment III and three on segment IV; parallel wings with duplicated cilia, long tube and absence of basantra (Mound & Marullo 1996).
Institutions
- King Saud University (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-04-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15352146
- Primary Topic
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Type
- article
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