CABIKEY to the Common Thysanoptera of Europe: Identification and Biology of some common thrips species (Insecta: Thysanoptera)
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Gerald Moritz and Laurence Mound
Thrips (the Order Thysanoptera) include about 5500 species worldwide, of which about 100 have been recorded as pests of crop plants by various workers. Several of these pest species are found only locally, or on a single crop species, but a considerable number of them are both widespread and with a wide range of host plants. Moreover, several species, such as Thrips palmi and Frankliniella occidentalis, have greatly extended their geographical range in recent years, presumably through the increased air traffic in live plants for the horticultural trade. This identification and information system deals primarily with the thrips of Europe, but many of the species included are pests in other parts of the world.This CABIKEY provides an illustrated, interactive key to the common adult Thysanoptera of Europe. It also provides a key to immature instars at family level for the three major families. It covers 120 of the 500 hundred species recorded from Europe, including the pest species and a broad range of taxa from the Order. Most thrips specimens collected from crops and their associated weeds in Europe are likely to be identifiable at species level.
		created October 2005 by Gerald Moritz