title: A new leaf-gallingHolopothrips(Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) and the structural alterations onMyrcia retorta(Myrtaceae).
abstract: Holopothrips striatus sp. n. is described inducing leaf-galls on Myrcia retorta (Myrtaceae) in Southern Brazil. The thrips is one of the few species of Holopothrips known to have the metanotum with striate rather than reticulate sculpture. The galls are green with brownish spots, and are characterised by a mix of folding and rolling of the leaf lamina upwards.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Botânica, Laboratório de Anatomia Vegetal. Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. user@example.com.
authors.forename: Nina Castro
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavalleri
authors.forename: Cibele Souza
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Bedetti
authors.forename: Rosy Mary Dos Santos
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Isaias
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D027822:Myrtaceae / Q000469:parasitology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000469:parasitology; D010941:Plant Tumors / Q000469:parasitology*; D061149:Thysanoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Thysanoptera, Neotropics, leaf-gall, phenolic compounds, thrips, hypertrophy, hyperplasia