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An introduction to the Thysanoptera a survey of the group

Informally Refereed

Abstract

I acknowledge with gratitude the invitation of Bruce L. Parker, Margaret Skinner and the organizers of this meeting to open the proceedings. It is a great pleasure to be asked to enthuse about a group of insects for which I have long had a particular affection - the Thysanoptera. My problem is that relatively few of the world's entomologists - less than 0.2% - appear to share this interest; it is therefore particularly gratifying to have an entire conference devoted to a thrips and to be able to meet with like-minded colleagues to focus on a serious economic problem.

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Citation

Lewis, Trevor. 1991. An introduction to the Thysanoptera a survey of the group. Parker, Bruce. L.; Skinner, Margaret; Lewis, Trevor, eds. Towards Understanding Thysanoptera. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-147. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 3-22.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/4213