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Elaphrothrips tuberculatus
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Copyright © 2014
tom murray
Thrips -
Elaphrothrips tuberculatus
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 17, 2014
Contributed by
tom murray
on 18 May, 2014 - 10:48pm
Last updated 30 July, 2017 - 7:25pm
male
with enlarged forelegs with tarsal hooks
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ophis
, 21 October, 2023 - 9:59am
Elaphrothrips tuberculatus (Hood)
Moved from
Tube-tailed Thrips
. Tentatively ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.
Via twitter, Manfred Ulitzka says: "Looks like Elaphrothrips (possibly E. tuberculatus)." I checked a key and it does appear to be E. tuberculatus.
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Brad Barnd
, 30 July, 2017 - 7:25pm
Specimen deposited in TAMUIC
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Brad Barnd
, 10 November, 2021 - 3:40pm
Elaphrothrips tuberculatus
Nice detective work Brad. It's not only a new species for the guide, also a new genus and subfamily.
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tom murray
, 30 July, 2017 - 7:35pm
there is another genus there
It's just hiding for a bit since I moved taxa around. :)
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Brad Barnd
, 30 July, 2017 - 7:41pm