This is the third edition of ThripsID. The first two editions were produced under contract for use by the staff of the Australian Quarantine Information Service, at the request of Dr Glynn Maynard.Preparation of this greatly expanded third edition has been facilitated by a contract with USDA Florida, and we are grateful to Prof. Joe Funderburk for his interest in the project. Dr Peter Cranston collaborated in the purchase of the digital camera and image processing software, and this apparatus was also used to produce his cd-rom Interactive Guide to Australian Aquatic Invertebrates. The 1400 photomicrographs of slide-mounted specimens of 180 species included here were taken with a JVC 3-chip camera, the multiple images at different focal planes being processed and amalgamated to maximise the depth of field, using the software Automontage from Syncroscopy Ltd., Cambridge, UK. We are grateful to CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, for providing working facilities, and to Dr Paul Ferrar, ACIAR, for organising publication and distribution of this work.
Pest Thrips of the World is an interactive identification and information system that provides a fully illustrated and user-friendly means of recognising most of the thrips species that have been recorded as pests in various parts of the world. This comprehensive package also offers a range of information on the hostplants, distributions and body structure of; these species.
ThripsID: Pest Thrips of the World provides detail on the generic and family classification of this order of insects, the Thysanoptera. Covering 180 species of thrips in 95 genera, and all 9 of the currently recognised families of Thysanoptera, the identification system is richly illustrated with more than 1500 original photomicrographs, showing details of the structures of each species.
ThripsID: Pest Thrips of the World will be a valuable resource for research workers, quarantine officers, economic entomologists and virologists, and also teachers and students who wish to know more about this order of insects.