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The identity of the greenhouse thrips Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouché) (Thysanoptera) and the taxonomic significance of spanandric males

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

L. A. Mound
L. A. Mound
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
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Abstract

The males of Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouché) are very rare and the species is thelytokous. Mutation of genes controlling male characteristics will therefore not be subject to selection, and so structural variation in these males is of no taxonomic significance. It is concluded that haemorrhoidalis and ceylonicus Schmutz represent one species in which the females vary in size, sculpture and colour throughout the tropics.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , March 1976 , pp. 179 - 180
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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