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Lewis Judson Stannard
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Taxonomist, Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, 1961–77. Author of The Phylogeny and Classification of the North American Genera of the Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera).

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Detailed illustration of a western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, showing its elongated yellow-brown body, six legs, and two pairs of fringed wings spread outward.
Thrips, (order Thysanoptera), any of approximately 5,000 species of insects that are among the smallest of the winged insects and are abundant in the tropical and temperate regions of the world. Thrips are economically important since some species transmit plant viruses. Feeding by thrips may…
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