Genera of the Scirtothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) with a new species of Siamothrips from Malaysia
Author
Mound, L. A.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4021
2
387
394
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4021.2.9
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1175-5326
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Cercyothrips
Morgan, 1925
(
Figs 1–2
)
The two species described in this genus were both based on single females, the type-species from
Puerto Rico
and the other from
Trinidad
. However,
Mound and Marullo (1996)
reported a series of both sexes from southern
Brazil
that apparently represent the
type
species, and the figures given here are of one of these females from
Brazil
. This genus shares with
Kenyattathrips
and
Scirtidothrips
the unusual character state of having the sternal posteromarginal setae arising in front of the margins (
Fig. 2
). However, the chaetotaxy in the former genus is very different as indicated below. Antennal segments VII and VIII are far more slender than those in the second genus, and the metanotum has transverse sculpture lines (
Fig. 1
) that are similar to those found in
Ajothrips
.