The flower bug genus Orius Wolff, 1811 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae: Oriini) of Thailand |
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| Authors: | Kazutaka Yamada Tomohide Yasunaga Taksin Artchawakom |
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| Institution: | 1. Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Bunka-no-Mori Park, Tokushima, Japan;2. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA;3. Plant Protection Division, Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture &4. Irrigation, c/o Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Yangon, Myanmar;5. Sakaerat Environmental Research Station (SERS), Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand |
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| Abstract: | The flower bug genus Orius Wolff, 1811 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae: Oriini) in Thailand is reviewed. Eleven valid species are recognised; seven of them are described as new to science: Orius (O.) sakaerat, O. (O.) taksini, O. (O.) tomokunii, O. (O.) filiferus, O. (O.) machaerus, O. (O.) inthanonus and O. (Trichorius) crassus. Orius (Heterorius) dravidiensis Muraleedharan, 1977, which has been known from India, is recorded from Thailand for the first time, and is correctly placed in the subgenus Dimorphella Reuter, 1884. The subgenus Paraorius Yasunaga and Miyamoto, 1993 is proposed as a synonym of Dimorphella. Diagnoses, digital habitus images, scanning electron micrographs and illustrations of diagnostic features including both male and female genitalia are provided. Keys to the Thai species are offered to facilitate identification. Biology of Thai species is also discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Orius new species new record taxonomy biology Thailand |
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