Holopothrips diversity-a Neotropical genus of gall-inducing insects (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae)
Author
Lindner, Mariana F.
Author
Ferrari, Augusto
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
Author
Cavalleri, Adriano
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-04
4494
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journal article
29290
10.11646/zootaxa.4494.1.1
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Holopothrips tenuis
Hood
(
Figs 266–269
)
Holopothrips tenuis
Hood, 1914
: 52
.
Diagnostic features.
Body (except antenna) uniformly brown; head clearly longer than wide, with maxillary stylets parallel; pronotal aa setae reduced and ml closer to anterior margin, one pair of long setae on epimeral region; metanotal sculpture striate anteriorly and reticulate posteriorly, bearing internal markings; pelta with thin elongate reticles medially; males with pore plates on sternites VII–VIII; female spermatheca very thin, not enlarged medially.
Comments.
Described from
Hura crepitans
galls in
Panama
, together with
H. signatus
, the
type
species of the genus.
Holopothrips tenuis
is a medium to large-bodied species, with head longer than wide (but not as long as
H. orites
or
H. permagnus
), large eyes. Males have pore plates on sternites VII–VIII, in the usual pattern of two anteroangular plates and one posterior transverse band.
Material studied.
1 male
2 female
paratypes
;
Panama
,
Taboga Island
, under surface of
Hura crepitans
leaves,
18.x.1913
(
Zetek, J.
), at
BMNH
and
NMNH
.