Thysanoptera Britannica et Hibernica

Thrips of the British Isles

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This identification and information system is a revised and updated version of Mound et al. (2018). It now includes 181 species of thrips that have been taken alive on the British Isles at least once, and it provides a means of identifying those species, together with an introduction to what is known of the biology and distribution of each species. The identification system is based essentially on adult females, these being the most commonly collected individuals. Printed identification keys that similarly deal with adults of the British thrips fauna include Mound et al. (1976) and zur Strassen (2003), and for larvae an extensive introduction is provided by Vierbergen et al. (2010).