<documentid="33284B8863528BF09AB0680E0A7AFA05"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5489.1.6"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13211257"ID-ZooBank="5AAD9922-550B-4B65-AA9F-C2A10949D372"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="karina"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="karina"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="karina"IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1722790157296"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Ulitzka, Manfred R."docDate="2024"docId="03D2F065A62F0470FF261777FDE1FD3B"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5489.1.6.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5489 (1)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5489.1.6"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Avithrips yellae Ulitzka, 2024, gen. et sp. n."docType="treatment"docVersion="4"lastPageNumber="102"masterDocId="FFEB881DA62D0473FFB11266FFB6FF92"masterDocTitle="Late Cretaceous thrips (Thysanoptera) from Hti Lin amber"masterLastPageNumber="106"masterPageNumber="99"pageNumber="101"updateTime="1726016948364"updateUser="karina"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
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<figureCitationid="13405DF6A62F0471FF2E1750FF56FAC2"box="[159,224,1334,1360]"captionStart="FIGURES 1–3"captionStartId="3.[151,264,1674,1698]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,705,1650]"captionTargetId="figure-241@3.[151,1435,705,1650]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="FIGURES 1–3. New Terebrantia from Hti Lin amber. (1) Avitrips yellae gen. et sp. n. holotype female (MU-Fos-128/1), lateral view. (2–3) Campanithrips kyakhei gen. et sp. n. holotype female (MU-Fos-129/1); (2) dorsal view, encircled red: pollen grain attached to the antenna of the thrips; (3) left fore wing."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13211259"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13211259/files/figure.png"pageId="2"pageNumber="101">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
. Preserved in lateral position in the amber matrix. Body fully distended; fore wings spread backwards, hind wings close to body and thus not assessable; hind legs spread, others bent under thorax. Head slightly turned to the right, with mouth cone directed backwards. Abdomen bent upwards; ovipositor protruding ventrally. Abdomen distally on the left side of the specimen covered with numerous tiny pyrite crystals.
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<paragraphid="8BC44173A62F0471FF761468FF69F9E2"blockId="2.[151,1437,1406,2008]"pageId="2"pageNumber="101">Colour. Body, legs and antennae uniformly brownish, but in some parts difficult to assess due to shiny layers around the fossil; wing veins, fringes and setae dark; membrane of fore wing translucent with a light brownish shade.</paragraph>
<paragraphid="8BC44173A62F0470FF76141CFCA3FE8F"blockId="2.[151,1437,1406,2008]"lastBlockId="3.[151,1437,151,681]"lastPageId="3"lastPageNumber="102"pageId="2"pageNumber="101">Head. Vertex sculptured with transverse striae; without any long setae; compound eyes distinctly protruding at front margin, not prolonged ventrally; ocelli much larger than ommatidia; antennae attached ventrally. Mouth cone exceptionally long, reaching back to the base of abdomen; it could not be assessed whether the stylet-like structures in front of the mouth cone represent maxillae and the mandibula that have been squeezed out or slender maxillary palps. Antennae nine-segmented; segment I not assessable (covered laterally by compound eyes), II barrel shaped; III inversely conical at base and slightly tapering from the middle towards the distal edge; IV–V similarly shaped as III but much smaller (particularly IV), IV with a short pedicle; V–VI long and slender, VII vase-shaped; VIII about as long as VII, style-shaped. Sensoria not clearly assessable; III with a structure that may be interpreted as a transverse sensorium close to the distal edge. Pronotum long and slender; sculptured with transverse striae; with at least one pair of longer (presumably posteroangular) setae at hind margin. Fore wings, with at least two clearly visible cross-veins and two faint structures also interpretable as cross-veins; first vein with number of setae not assessable; second vein with 9 setae; costa with about 25 setae; wing fringes present only on the posterior margin; fringe hairs straight. All legs long and slender; tarsi two-segmented; fore tarsus without a hamus. Abdominal segment VIII with a distinctly strong, broad and upwards curved ovipositor.</paragraph>
Female (in microns): Body, length 835. Head, length 80. Eyes, length 65. Hind ocelli, diameter 15; fore ocellus, diameter 10. Mouth cone, length 295. Pronotum, length 140; posteroangular (?) setae about 30 (difficult to measure). Abdomen, length 480. Ovipositor, length 260. Antennae, length about 250; length (largest width) of segment I and II not measurable, III 35 (15), IV 25 (10), V 30 (10), VI 35 (10), VII 35 (10), VIII 30 (10), IX 30 (5). Fore wings, length 525; largest width 65.
Some small droplets, air bubbles and brownish stains of unknown origin; numerous pyrite crystals along the left side of the distal abdominal segments of the thrips inclusion.
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is dedicated to Yella Bernet, in gratitude for all the precious moments and her loving and constant companionship.
