FIGURE 11 - uploaded by Arturo Goldarazena
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Andropogon virginicus, entire plant and flowers
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Zootaxa 4341 (3): 445-450 The genus Konothrips was erected by Bhatti (1990) for a single species, tuttlei, that was described from Arizona in the genus Chirothrips by zur Strassen (1967). The new genus was distinguished by the longitudinally orientated sculpture on the abdominal terga and sterna, the fore wing costa with only a single seta, and the...
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... Remarks. This species was found inside the flowers of the broom-sedge, Andropogon virginicus (Fig. 11). This plant is native to the southeastern United States and as far north as the Great Lakes. The larvae of Chirothrips species have atrophied legs and cannot walk, and the larvae and pupal stages are found inside the flowers (Lewis, 1973). Konothrips polychaeta probably breeds on grasses and sedges that are abundant in the prairies and ...
