Autapomorphies in the generic classification of Plectrothripini (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), with a new genus and a new record from Malaysia
Author
Mound, L. A.
Author
Ng, Y. F.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-03-28
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4402.2.10
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Bangithrips mei
sp.n.
(
Figs 5–11
)
Female macroptera
. Head, thorax and abdomen brown, tube and apex of tergite IX much paler; antennal segments II and VIII paler than segments I and III–VII; mid and hind tibiae and tarsi clear yellow; major setae all pale; fore wing uniformly light brown. With the character states in the generic diagnosis.
Measurements
(
holotype
female in microns). Body length 1950 (slightly contracted). Head, length 250; width medially 170; postocular setae 95. Pronotum, length 210; width 220; epimeral setae 120; coxal setae 125. Fore wing length 1000; sub-basal setae 25 and 35; 14 duplicated cilia. Tergite VIII median dorsal setae 115. Tergite IX setae,
S1 25
;
S2 30
;
S3 35
. Tube length 70; maximum width 55. Antennal segments I–VIII length, 50, 50, 55, 50, 50, 45, 50, 70.
Specimens studied
.
Holotype
female macroptera,
Peninsular
Malaysia
,
Selangor
,
Kota Damansara
,
in malaise trap
,
vi.2011
(
Ng, Y.F.
& Nicholas), in the Natural History Museum, London.
Paratype
: one female collected with holotype, in
Centre
for
Insect Systematics
, Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia
.