Thrips of the Frankliniella minuta group (Insecta: Thysanoptera) in Costa Rican Asteraceae flowers
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Retana Salazar, Axel P.
Mound, Laurence A.
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Universidad de Costa Rica
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Six new species of the genus Frankliniella minuta group are described, al! from Costa Rican Asteraceae, and mainly from high altitudes: Frankliniella kiesteri, Fr. hansoni, Fr. vargasi, Fr. cotobrusensis, Fr. zurqui and Fr. montanosa. A diagnosis of the genus is given and the minuta group is redefined; according lo the new definition Frankliniella diversa and Frankliniella bagnalliana are included in this species group. A key to eleven species for 11 species is presented
Six new species of the genus Frankliniella minuta group are described, al! from Costa Rican Asteraceae, and mainly from high altitudes: Frankliniella kiesteri, Fr. hansoni, Fr. vargasi, Fr. cotobrusensis, Fr. zurqui and Fr. montanosa. A diagnosis of the genus is given and the minuta group is redefined; according lo the new definition Frankliniella diversa and Frankliniella bagnalliana are included in this species group. A key to eleven species for 11 species is presented
Six new species of the genus Frankliniella minuta group are described, al! from Costa Rican Asteraceae, and mainly from high altitudes: Frankliniella kiesteri, Fr. hansoni, Fr. vargasi, Fr. cotobrusensis, Fr. zurqui and Fr. montanosa. A diagnosis of the genus is given and the minuta group is redefined; according lo the new definition Frankliniella diversa and Frankliniella bagnalliana are included in this species group. A key to eleven species for 11 species is presented
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thrips, frankliniella minuta group, new species, Costa Rica, asteraceae