Taxonomic Study Of Thripidae From China

This paper is a taxonomic study on Thripidae from China. It includes the following parts: resume, materials and methods, taxonomy and discussion. Firstly, the history in China and abroad, biological characters, economic importance and taxonomic characters are reviewed and outlined. Secondly, in the taxonomy part, 2 subfamily, 6 tribes, 36 genera and 99 species from China have been identified and descrided, of which 1 genus and 10 species are new to science, 5 species are newly recorded from China. The keys are given to all genera and species concerned. Finally, some problems in Thripidae are discussed. At the end of the paper, references and index to both Chinese and scientific names are attached.The new taxa and records to Chinese faura in this paper are listed as follows:New genus: Paractenothrips.New species: Helionothrips shennongjiaensis, Hydatothrips alfalfer, Sussericothrips radishi, Ctenothrips hongpingensis, Ctenothrips taibaishanensis, Paractenothrips haopingensis, Odontothrips Jissa, Ernothrips baotianmanensis, Ernothrips fengi, Microcephalothrips hengshiensis.New records: Helionothrips parvus Bhatti, 1968, Helionothrips ponkikiri Kudo, 1992, Mycterothrips betulae (Crawford, 1939), Franklinoella stylosa Hood, 1912, Thrips trehernei Priesner, 1927.