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Technical Publications [7.V.2012] Laurence A. Mound – Technical Publications [7.v.2012] 2012 316. Toward the identification of Frankliniella species in Brazil (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) Zootaxa 3270: 1-30. [Cavalleri A & Mound LA] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03270p030.pdf 315. Crotonothrips polyalthiae sp.n. (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), a leaf-galling pest of the Asian amenity tree, Polyalthia longifolia. Zootaxa, 3262: 62-68. [Mound LA & Nasruddin A] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03262p068.pdf 314. Four Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) falsely recorded as Australian. Australian Entomologist 39: 1-4. 313. Thysanoptera. pp. 407–422. In: Rafael, JA, Melo, GAR, de Carvalho, CJB, Casari, SA & Constantino, R [eds] Insetos do Brasil: Diversidade e Taxonomia. Holos Editora, Ribeirão Preto. xiv + 796 p. [Monteiro RC & Mound LA]. 312. Three new synonyms among Australian Thripinae (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Zootaxa 3209: 67-68. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03209p068.pdf 311. Thysanoptera of Lamington National Park, Australia, collected during the IBISCA-Queensland Project. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 55(2): 349-358. [Tree, DJ & Mound LA] 2011 310. Order Thysanoptera Haliday, 1836. Pp 201–202 In Zhang, Z.-Q. [Ed] Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher- level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148, 1–237. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/3148.html 309. Australian spore-feeding Thysanoptera of the genus Bactrothrips (Phlaeothripidae – Idolothripinae). Zootaxa 3087: 56-65. [Mound, L.A. & Tree, D.J.] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03087p065.pdf 308. Thysanoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Science 65: 507-513. [Hoddle, M.S. & Mound, L.A.] 307. Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia. Zootaxa 3064: 1-40. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03064p040.pdf 306. Host associations of Thysanoptera with Paspalum distichum Fluegge and Paspalum notatum L. (Poales : Poaceae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104 : 733–738. [Sharma J, Paini D, Funderburk J & Mound LA] 305. Genera of Spore-Feeding Thysanoptera from Southeast Asia (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), with a species checklist from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 2928: 1-19 [L.X. Eow, L.A. Mound & Y.F. Ng] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02928p019.pdf 304. Thysanoptera taxonomy – purpose and practice. Pp 61-66 in Tyagi, B.K. & Vijay Veer [Eds] Entomology Ecology and Biodiversity. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur 522pp. 303. Species recognition in the genus Scolothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), predators of leaf-feeding mites. Zootaxa 2797: 45-53. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02797p053.pdf 302. Species of the genus Scirtothrips from Africa (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 2786: 51-61. [Mound, L.A. & Stiller M.] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02786p061.pdf 301. New records and four new species of Australian Thripidae (Thysanoptera) emphasise faunal relationships between northern Australia and Asia. Zootaxa 2764: 35-48. [Mound, L.A. & Tree, D.J.] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02764p048.pdf 300. Caliothrips tongi sp.n. (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from China, and a dubious record of North American Bean Thrips. Zootaxa 2736: 57-62 [Mound LA, Zhang H-R, Bei Y-W] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02736p062.pdf 2010 299. A new genus and species from southwestern China in the Frankliniella genus-group (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Zootaxa 2729: 65-68 [Zhang H-R, Mound LA, Xie Y-H] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02729p068.pdf 298. A new species from southwestern China of the holarctic genus Odontothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Zootaxa 2729: 53-57 [Xie Y-H, Zhang H-R, Mound LA] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02729p057.pdf 297. Taxonomic problems in character state interpretation: variation in the wheat thrips Haplothrips tritici (Kurdjumov) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Iran. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 57: 233–241. [Minaei K & Mound LA] 296. Heinrich Uzel, the father of Thysanoptera studies. Zootaxa 2645: 55-63. [Fedor, P.J., Doričová, M., Prokop, P. & Mound, L.A.] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02645p063.pdf 295. A second Scirtothrips species with a hind-femoral comb in males (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 2643: 66-68. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02643p068.pdf 294. A new species of genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripinae) from flowers in Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 2638: 65- 68. [Ng, Y.F., Eow, L.X. & Mound, L.A.] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02638p068.pdf 293. A new species of predatory Scolothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) feeding on Raoiella mites (Tenuipalpidae) in Australia. Zootaxa 2620: 63-68. [Mound,L.A., Tree, D.J. & Goldarazena, A.] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02620p068.pdf 1 292. A new species of Charassothrips Hood from Colombia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae), with an updated key to the known species. Journal of Insect Science 10,70: 1-4. [Goldarazena A. & Mound, L] http://www.insectscience.org/10.70/ 291. Resolving cryptic species with morphology and DNA; thrips as a potential biocontrol agent of Brazilian peppertree, with a new species and overview of Pseudophilothrips (Thysanoptera) Zootaxa 2432: 59-68. [Mound, L.A., Wheeler, G. & Williams, D.A.] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02432p068.pdf 290. Species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Afro-tropical Region. Zootaxa 2423: 1-24. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02423p024.pdf 289. Grass-flower thrips of the genus Chirothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with a key to species from Iran. Zootaxa 2411: 33-43 [Minaei K & Mound LA] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02411p043.pdf 288. Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Desmothrips (Thysanoptera, Aeolothripidae), an Australian genus of facultative flower-living predators. Systematic Entomology 35: 306-317. [Pereyra V & Mound LA] 287. JFungal spore-feeding by adult and larval Mecynothrips hardyi (Priesner) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Journal of Natural History 44: 307-316. [Tree, DJ, Mound, LA & Walter, GH] 2009 286. New taxa and new records of Australian Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 2292: 25-33. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02292p033.pdf 285. An illustrated key to the genera of Thripinae (Thysanoptera) from South East Asia. Zootaxa 2265: 27-47. [Mound LA & Ng YF] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02265p047.pdf 284. The Old-World genus Ceratothripoides (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with a new genus for related New-World species. Zootaxa 2230: 57-63. [Mound LA & Nickle DA] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02230p063.pdf 283. A new genus and species of Scirtothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Kenya, intercepted by Australian quarantine. Zootaxa 2210: 65-68 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02210p068.pdf 282. Sternal pore plates (glandular areas) of male Thripidae (Thysanoptera). Zootaxa 2129: 29-46. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02129p046.pdf 281. The invertebrate fauna of epiphyte mats in the canopy of northern rata (Myrtaceae: Metrosideros robusta A. Cunn.) on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 36: 177-202 [Affeld, K., Worner, S., Didham, RK, Sullivan, J., Henderson, R., Olarte, JM, Thorpe, S., Clunie, L., Early, J., Emberson, R., Johns, P., Dugdale, J., Mound, L., Smithers, C., Pollard, S. & Ward, J.] 280. Gall-induction by an Australian insect of the family Thripidae (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia). Journal of Natural History 43: 1147-1158. [Tree DJ & Mound LA] http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/421400__910442272.pdf 279. Population abundance of Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and natural enemies on plant hosts in Central Chile. Environmental Entomology 38: 333-344. [Ripa, R., Funderburk, J., Rodriguez, F., Espinoza, F. & Mound, L.] 278. Australian Thripinae of the Anaphothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera), with three new genera and thirty-three new species. Zootaxa 2042: 1-76. [Mound LA & Masumoto M] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02042p076.pdf 277. Species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera) from Peninsular Malaysia, with a checklist of recorded Thripidae. Zootaxa 2023: 55-68. [Mound LA & Azidah AA] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02023p068.pdf 276. Identification and host-plant associations of Australian Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 1983: 1- 22. [Mound LA & Tree DJ] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt01983p022.pdf 275. Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Cranothrips (Thysanoptera, Melanthripidae) with consideration of host associations and disjunct distributions within the family. Systematic Entomology 34: 151-161. [Pereyra V & Mound LA] 274. The oriental lily-flower thrips, Taeniothrips eucharii (Whetzel) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) new to Australia. Australian Entomologist 35: 159-160. [Mound LA & Tree DJ] 2008 273. The Thysanoptera Haplothripini (Phlaeothripidae) of Iran. Journal of Natural History 42: 2617-2658 [Minaei K & Mound LA] 272. An inventory of Thysanoptera collected from French Polynesia. Pacific Science 62: 509 – 515. [Hoddle MS, Hoddle CD & Mound LA] 271. Thysanoptera inhabiting native terrestrial orchids in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Journal of entomological Science 42: 573-581. [Funderburk J, Mound L & Sharma J] 270. Thrips of California. Cd-rom published by CBIT, Brisbane. [Hoddle MS, Mound LA & Paris D] http://www.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/thrips_of_california/Thrips_of_California.html 269.
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