Ramona J. Beshear

Seasonal Abundance of Thrips (Thysanoptera: Suborders Terebrantia and Tubulifera) in Georgia Flue-Cured Tobacco and Impact of Management Practices on the Incidence of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus

Flue-cured tobacco plant beds and fields were surveyed from 1989–91 to determine the seasonal abundance and species composition of thrips in Georgia. A total of 43 species were collected from tobac...

Additions to the Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae: Phlaeothripidae) Fauna of Georgia

Beshear (1973, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983) reported a total of 153 species of thrips occurring in Georgia. Additional collections during 1982-1992 from ornamentals, tobacco, blueberry, and other hosts have revealed 25 new state records which are reported in this paper. Four of these species have been recently described by Nakahara (1991, 1992, 1993). Thrips population densities were recently monitored in tobacco (McPherson et al. 1992), revealing six previously unreported state records. The total number of species known in Georgia is increased to 178. Collection methods are the same as those described by Beshear (1973). The following list includes 25 identified species. Voucher specimens are on deposit in the U. S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. and the University of Georgia Collection at Griffm. All collections were made by the authors unless otherwise stated.