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Primer registro de Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) sobre Ficus microcarpa L. de la provincia de Santa Fe y de Gynaikothrips uzeli (Zimmermann) (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) sobre Ficus benjamina L. (Urticales: Moraceae) de la provincia de Jujuy, Argentina

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: In this study the distribution of Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) and Gynaikothrips uzeli (Zimmermann) in Argentina is extended, both galls-inducing species have been introduced in this country. We also describe and illustrate the morphological characteristics that differentiate them. Gynaikothrips ficorum produces leaf galls form of folded sheets in Ficus microcarpa L. and G. uzeli in Ficus benjamina L. The specimens of G. ficorum were collected from the locality of Esperanza (Santa Fe) and G. uzeli from Libertador General San Martín (Jujuy).

Source: Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)

Authors: María Cecilia Curis, María Inés Zamar, Isabel Bertolaccini, María E. Kurtz

Institutions: Universidad Nacional del Litoral, National University of Jujuy

Language: Spanish

Topic: Hemiptera Insect Studies

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1684005755

FWCI: 0.272

Cites: 13

Cited by: 1

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