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
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-04
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Holopothrips inquilinus
(Bournier)
(
Figs 120–121
)
Caraibothrips inquilinus
Bournier, 1993
: 236
.
Diagnostic features.
Body mostly yellow, with head bicoloured and abdominal segments VIII–X fully brown; maxillary stylets parallel; two pairs of long setae on epimeral region; metanotal sculpture formed by weakly defined reticulation, without internal markings; males with three pore plates on sternites VII–VIII.
Comments.
Originally described in
Caraibothrips
, this species is frequently misidentified as
H. tabebuia
due to its sharply bicoloured body (
Fig. 120
). However,
H. inquilinus
can be distinguished by the presence of two pairs of long epimeral setae on pronotum (
Fig. 121
) and the weakly reticulate sculpture on metanotum. Sternites VII– VIII of the male bear one posterior and two anterolateral pore plates. This thrips was described from
Guadeloupe
breeding inside empty cecidomyiid galls on leaves of
Inga
(Fabaceae)
, and is also reported from
Panama
(
Goldarazena
et al
. 2012
).
FIGURES 120–130.
Holopothrips inquilinus
,
H. inversus
and
H. jaboticabae
. 120–121.
Holopothrips inquilinus
paratype: (120) body; (121) head and pronotum; 122–124.
Holopothrips jaboticabae
: (122) head and pronotum; (123) mesonotum, metanotum and pelta; (124) tergite II, wing-retaining setae (white arrows); 125–130.
Holopothrips inversus
paratype: (125) head and pronotum; (126) prosternum, showing basantra (white arrows); (127) mesonotum; (128) metanotum and pelta; (129) pore plates on abdominal sternites VII–VIII; (130) pore plates extending towards abdominal tergite VIII (white arrows).
Material studied.
1 female
paratype
;
Guadeloupe
,
Duclos
, inside old
Cecidomyiidae
gall,
4.vii.1985
(
Etienne
,
M.J.), at BMNH.