Mitochondrial genetic diversity of pest and vector species, Frankliniella schultzei (Thripidae: Thripinae).

Background: Frankliniella schultzei (Trybom) is a serious pest and a carrier of tospoviruses in major agricultural crops. This species is a historical and unresolved species complex that contains genetically different cryptic species across the globe.

Methods And Results: DNA barcodes were generated from freshly collected specimens of F.

Thrips wedeliae (Priesner) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) new to India: first description of the male.

Thrips wedeliae (Priesner) was originally described based on a single female from Java, Indonesia. Recently, we have collected males and females of this species from Solanum mauritianum in Uttarakhand state, India. Here, males of T.

Frankliniella species from India (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with a new generic synonym and an unusual new species.

Frankliniella genus-group is one of the most important group in the sub-family Thripinae comprising, more than 270 species in nine genera. A morphological-based cladistic analysis of genus-level relationships within this group was performed, based on 54 morphological character states for 26 species, including Thrips physapus as an outgroup. This analysis recovered Pseudanaphothrips as monophyletic and sister-group to a group of five Old World genera: Firmothrips, Kakothrips, Parabaliothrips, Sitothrips and Yaobinthrips.

COVID and depression among stratified population groups: a narrative review.

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted and infiltrated every aspect of our lives. Successive lockdowns, social distancing measures, and reduction in economic activity have developed a new way of living and, in many cases, tend to lead to depression. The initial strict lockdown for about 3 months and eventually for a few more months has imposed greater challenges on children and adolescents in terms of psychological problems and psychiatric disorders.

A new genus and species of subfamily Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India.

Jammuthrips paikulensis gen. et sp. n.