title: Species of Thripinae (Thysanoptera) from bamboo in Malaysia, with one new species and six new records.
abstract: Nine species of Thripinae that inhabit bamboo are recorded from Malaysia. Clypeothrips idrisi sp.n. is described as a second species in the genus, and Trichromothrips bruncurrum Reyes is considered a syn.n. of Neocorynothrips asiaticus Ramakrishna & Margabandhu. Six species are newly recorded from Malaysia: N. asiaticus, Okajimaella tubercula, Simulothrips banpoti, Stenchaetothrips bambusicola, S. bambusae and S. spinalis. Seven species of Stenchaetothrips are now known from Malaysia. Illustrations and descriptions of each species are provided.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Insect Systematics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.; Email: ng_yf@ukm.edu.my.
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.affiliation: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.; Email: laurence.mound@csiro.au.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mound
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D031723:Bambusa / Q000469:parasitology*; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D061149:Thysanoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development