Nuevos registros de Thripidae (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia) del noroeste de Argentina

Abstract

This work provides four new records of Thripidae in Argentina which belong to Sericothripinae (Neohydatothrips portoricensis (Morgan) and Neohydatothrips hemileucus (Hood)) and Thripinae (Chaetisothrips striatus Hood and Scirtidothrips torquatus Hood). Specimens were collected in northwestern provinces of Argentina (Tucuman and Jujuy). Their general morphological characteristics are described and illustrated, as well as information on their distribution and the host plants for each species are presented.