Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Author Lima, Élison Fabrício B. Author Mound, Laurence A. text Zootaxa 2016 4162 1 1 45 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.1 e369a54d-eaac-4bda-97c6-00b28be9b359 1175-5326 263866 92A1EA19-4981-4BB4-B5BC-6EF7473F7257 Neohydatothrips basilaris (Hood) ( Figs 15 , 45 , 67 , 84 ) Sericothrips basilaris Hood, 1941 : 139 . Female macroptera . Colour: body dark brown ( Fig. 84 ), tergite X pale; fore wing uniformly dark with white subbasal area; antennal segments I–III (or IV) largely pale; hind femora and tibiae brownish yellow. Structure: occipital apodeme confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area transversely striate ( Fig. 15 ); antennal segments III & IV with constricted apical neck; pronotum with anterior area reticulate, blotch welldefined ( Fig. 15 ); mesonotum and anterior part of metanotum closely striate ( Fig. 45 ); metasternal plate with shallow emargination; fore wing second vein with 2 setae ( Fig. 67 ); tergites II–VIII with comb of microtrichia complete on posterior margin but short on anterior tergites: tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae. Material studied . Holotype female, CUBA , San Vincente , 8–9 vii.1940 ( USNM ) . BRAZIL , Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia [ Seara ], 14 females , 3 males , 1.i.1949 ( F. Plaumann ) ( USNM ) . Comments . This is a large dark brown species with much red internal pigment. Described from Cuba , but recorded from Panama and Costa Rica ( Mound & Marullo 1996 ) and here from Brazil ( Santa Catarina ), the thoracic sculpture is almost unique in the genus ( Fig. 15 ). As in N. fimbriatus , tergites II–VIII have a fringe of microtrichia medially on the posterior margin, although this fringe is short on the anterior tergites. Antennal segments III and IV both have a long slender apical neck.