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 1 1 99 journal article 29290 10.11646/zootaxa.4494.1.1 ceb3ba80-3c38-4d93-97f1-ee98e52d1204 1175-5326 1445182 872F6F63-26E4-4CEC-B0EC-106B96D693FD 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 .