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Book SynopsisA number of species of Thysanoptera (thrips) are increasingly important crop pests in many parts of the world, as well as in some cases being vectors of plant disease. Communicating the known information about a species of organism is dependent on our ability to recognise or identify it accurately. This book is a completely revised and rewritten edition of the standard, widely used manual on these minute flying insects written by J M Palmer, L A Mound and G J du Heaume and published in 1989 as CIE Guides to Insects of Importance to Man 2. Thysanoptera, which provides a practical identification guide on a worldwide scale. The previous version posed problems for students in terms of fluency in English & knowledge of dichotomous keys. However, this thoroughly updated edition incorporates a new set of pictorial keys, which have been developed and used very successfully for training courses at the International Institute of Entomology and which will greatly enhance the ability of the non-sp
Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Publications About Thrips 3: Biology 4: Biological Diversity 5: Life Cycles 6: Sex Determination and Sexual Dimorphism 7: Dispersal 8: Feeding 9: Economic Importance of Thrips 10: Feeding Damage 11: Virus Transmission 12: Direct Effects 13: Beneficial Thrips 14: Preparatory Techniques for Identifications 15: Thrips Classification 16: Thrips Identification 17: Characters Used in Identifications 18: Visual Keys to Genera 19: Figures for Species Keys 20: Sub-order Terebrantia 21: Family Merothripidae 22: Family Aeolothripidae 23: Family Heterothripidae 24: Family Adiheterothripidae 25: Family Thripidae 26: Sub-family Panchaetothripinae 27: Sub-family Thripinae 28: Sub-order Tubulifera 29: Family Phlaeothripidae 30: Sub-family Idolothripinae 31: Sub-family Phlaeothripinae I: Bibliography II: Glossary III: Host Plant Index IV: Genera and Species Index
