title: The neotropical flower-living genus Lenkothrips (Thysanoptera, Heterothripidae): three new species and an identification key.
abstract: Three new species are described in the South American genus of flower-feeding thrips, Lenkothrips De Santis & Sureda: L. mollinediae sp. n. from four species of Mollinedia (Monimiaceae) in Brazil and Ecuador; L. guaraniticus sp. n. and L. kaminskii sp. n. from Malpighiaceae in Brazil. An illustrated key to the five Lenkothrips species now recognized is provided.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, Brazil.; Email: cavalleri_adriano@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavalleri
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.; Email: laurence.mound@csiro.au.
authors.forename: Laurence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mound
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D061149:Thysanoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*