Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Author Lima, Élison Fabrício B. Author Mound, Laurence A. text Zootaxa 2016 4162 1 1 45 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.1 e369a54d-eaac-4bda-97c6-00b28be9b359 1175-5326 263866 92A1EA19-4981-4BB4-B5BC-6EF7473F7257 Neohydatothrips lassatus (De Santis) ( Fig. 31 ) Sericothrips lassatus De Santis, 1966 : 8 . Female macroptera . Colour: body dark brown including femora and tibiae, fore wing dark with white sub-basal area, antennal segment I brown, II yellow, III basal half pale but apical half brown, IV with basal third light brown, remainder brown. Structure: Occipital apodeme distant from posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area apparently without sculpture; antennal segments III & IV with short apical neck; pronotum with two pairs of prominent setae on posterior margin, anterior area transversely striate, blotch well-defined ( Fig. 31 ); mesonotum and anterior part of metanotum closely striate. Fore wing second vein with one (or two widely separated) setae distally; tergite VII with posteromarginal comb of microtrichia complete but short and irregular medially, on III–VI incomplete medially; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae. Material Studied . ARGENTINA , Neuquén Province , Hua Hum , 5 females , 21.ii.1955 ( Torres - De Santis ) ( MLP ). Comments . This species is known only from 5 females from Argentina , probably near the border with Chile , given on the original slide labeled “ holotype ”. It is similar to N. clavisetis and N. novateutoniae , but darker.