Abstract

DE BORBON, Carlos Manuel. First record of the genus Kurtomathrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Argentina with the description of a new species. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. [online]. 2004, vol.63, n.3-4, pp.49-53. ISSN 0373-5680.

New specie of Kurtomathrips Moulton is described, excluding one diagnostic character of the genus given by Mound & Marullo. A key with known species of the genus is included in this work. The genus Kurtomathrips originally found in North and Central America has only three species. The new species, Kurtomathrips desantisi n. sp. was collected on Parthenium hysterophorus L. This host plant has a particular interest because is the same where Kurtomathrips morilli Moulton lives on. At the present, this weed and K. morilli have a worldwide distribution.

Keywords : Thysanoptera; Kurtomathrips desantisi n.sp; Parthenium hysterophorus; Apterous.

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