Two new records and one new species of the genus Apelaunothrips from China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) Author Zhao, Chao Author Jia, Huimin Author Tong, Xiaoli text Zootaxa 2018 2018-07-25 4450 3 385 393 journal article 29310 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.5 782bf37b-19dc-4b7c-bfa1-b88b5358d29e 1175-5326 1444850 460A0DEE-CAC9-4E8E-827E-CB92107106BC Apelaunothrips maculipennis ( Okajima, 1976 ) ( Figs 7–10 , 14, 17 , 22, 23 ) Stigmothrips maculipennis Okajima, 1976 , 125. Apelaunothrips maculipennis ( Okajima): Okajima, 1979 : 53 . Material examined . CHINA , Hainan : 2 females and 2 males , Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve ( 18°54'N , 109°40'E ), from leaf litter, 7.xii.2008 , Jun Wang ; 11 females and 11males , Baisha County , Yinggeling National Nature Reserve , Yinggezui Protection Station ( 19°02'N , 109°33'E ), from leaf litter, 29.iv.2011 , Tao Song. Distribution : Japan , China ( Hainan ). Comments . Originally described from Ryukyu Islands, Japan , the specimens listed above from Hainan Island, China are here identified from original description ( Okajima 1976 , 1979 ). This species appears to be most similar in appearance to A. dentiellus sp. n. , but they can be readily distinguished from each other by the above comments of the new species.