Abstract
An illustrated identification system is presented to 99 species and 49 genera in three families recorded from the Hawaiian Islands in the Thysanoptera suborder Terebrantia. Only seven (possibly eight) of these species are considered endemic, the remainder being adventive to these islands. The only previous study of Hawaiian Thysanoptera, by Zimmerman in 1948, included 47 Terebrantia species in 21 genera.
Highlights
This account of the Thysanoptera-Terebrantia known from the Hawaiian Islands includes 99 species, of which only seven are considered endemic and over 90 species are considered adventive from other parts of the world
Given that the only recorded endemic Hawaiian Terebrantia are seven described species of Neurisothrips, and possibly one species of Projectothrips, the origin of the remaining 90 species is of considerable plant protection interest
One family is recognised in the Tubulifera, but eight families are recognised in the Terebrantia (ThripsWiki 2015)
Summary
Academic editor: P. Stoev | Received 19 October 2015 | Accepted 19 November 2015 | Published 5 January 2016 http://zoobank.org/A3614BEB-F73A-4548-AC4A-E9F4C77A057D Citation: Mound L, Nakahara S, Tsuda DM (2016) Thysanoptera-Terebrantia of the Hawaiian Islands: an identification manual. ZooKeys 549: 71–126. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.549.6889
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