A New Holopothrips Species (thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) Damaging Mollinedia (monimiaceae) Leaves In Southern Brazil

A new species of leaf-feeding thrips is described, from the Atlantic Rain Forest in Rio Grande do Sul State, Southern Brazil. Holopothrips claritibialis sp. nov. differs from other species of the genus in the combination of the following characteristics: all tibiae predominantly yellow; maxillary stylets retracted near the postocular setae; metanotum with reticulation, elongated on anterior half and equiangular on posterior half; pelta with equiangular reticulation medially but weak or absent laterally and posteriorly; glandular areas present on sternites VII-VIII in males (usually three glandular areas on each sternite). This species causes deformations and rolls on leaves of Mollinedia schottiana. Some aspects of the biology and intraspecific variation of this species are discussed. Copyright © 2007 Magnolia Press.16256168Backer, F.G., Irgang, G.V., Hasenack, H., Vilella, F.S., Verani, N.F., Land cover and conservation state of a region in the Southern limit of the Atlantic Forest (river Maquiné basin, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) (2004) Brazilian Journal of Biology, 64, pp. 569-582Costa Lima, A., Tisanopterocecidias do Brasil (1935) O Campo, 6, pp. 25-29Costa Lima, A., Um novo tisanoptero praga do abacaxi (1935) O Campo, 6, pp. 43-44Crespi, B.J., Morris, D.C., Mound, L.A., (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms, , Australian Biological Resources Study & CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, 328 ppDel-Claro, K., Mound, L.A., Phenology and description of a new species of Liothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Didymopanax (Araliaceae) in Brazilian Cerrado (1996) Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44, pp. 193-197Dobrovolski, R., Hasenack, H., Kindel, A., Análise da cobertura do terreno do Parque Estadual de Itapeva - RS (2004) Anais do IV Congresso Brasileiro de Unidades de Conservação, 1, pp. 474-480. , Fundação Boticário de Proteção à Natureza, Rede Nacional Pró-Unidades de Conservação, Curitiba, ppHickel, E.R., Ducroquet, J.H.J., Pragas da goiabeira serrana: Tripes (Phrasterothrips sp. e Liothrips sp.) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) (1993) Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil, 22, pp. 381-384Hood, J.D., Brasilian Thysanoptera. VI (1955) Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 4, pp. 51-160Lewis, T., (1973) Thrips, their biology, ecology and economic importance, , Academic Press, London, 349ppMonteiro, R.C., The Thysanoptera fauna of Brazil (2002) Thrips and tospoviruses: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Thysanoptera. Australian National Insect Collection, pp. 325-340. , Marullo, R. & Mound, L.A, Eds, Canberra, ppMound, L.A., Thrips and gall induction: A search for patterns (1994) Plant galls: Organisms, interactions, populations, pp. 131-149. , Williams, M.A.J, Ed, Oxford University Press, Oxford, ppMound, L.A., Thysanoptera biodiversity in the Neotropics (2002) Revista de Biologia Tropical, 50, pp. 477-484Mound, L.A., Marullo, R., The thrips of Central and South America: An introduction (Insecta: Thysanoptera) (1996) Memoirs on Entomology, International, 6, pp. 1-488Okajima, S., Studies on the old world species of Holothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) (1987) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series, 54, pp. 1-74Peixoto, A.L., (1987) Revisão taxonômica do gênero Mollinedia Ruiz et Pavon (Monimiaceae: Monimioideae), , PhD Thesis, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, 392 ppPinent, S.M.J., Romanowski, H.P., Redaelli, L.R., Cavalleri, A., Species composition and structure of Thysanoptera communities in different microhabitats at Parque Estadual de Itapuã, Viamão, RS (2006) Brazilian Journal of Biology, 66, pp. 765-779Stone, G.N., Schönrogge, K., The adaptive significance of insect gall morphology (2003) Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 18, pp. 512-52