Structural variation among species of Leeuwenia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) with three new species from Australia
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601
Author
Tree, Desley J.
c / o Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection (QDPC), Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Qld, 4001.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-08
4903
3
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4903.3.9
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Leeuwenia polyosmae
Mound, 2004
Described originally from two females taken in a leaf gall on
Polyosma cunninghamii
[
Grossulariaceae
] near Brisbane,
Queensland
, this thrips was found subsequently on the same plant species in rainforests at Lamington near the border with
New South Wales
. Some of the galls were a remarkable blue colour (
Fig. 6
), and the species is unusual within the genus in having a fore tarsal tooth, in both sexes.