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 hemileucus (Hood) ( Figs 23 , 47 , 95, 96 ) Sericothrips hemileucus Hood, 1952 : 144 . Female macroptera . Colour: body bicoloured ( Fig. 95 ), head brown, pronotum yellow with posteroangular setae dark brown, mesonotum and metanotum brown, tergites II–IV light brown, V–VI yellow, VII dark brown, VIII–X yellow; fore wing with 3 dark and 3 pale bands, apex pale, clavus dark with stout dark setae; antennal segments I– II pale, III–IV yellow with light brown apices; hind tibiae yellow, femora shaded with light brown. Structure: Occipital apodeme distant from eyes; ocellar area closely striate, postocular setae in longitudinal row close to eye ( Fig. 23 ); antennal segments III & IV slender with an apical neck; pronotum transversely striate with no internal markings, blotch not defined except for anterior apodeme ( Fig. 23 ); mesonotum and metanotum closely striate ( Fig. 47 ); metasternal plate with shallow emargination; fore wing second vein with no setae; tergites VII–VIII with complete comb of long microtrichia on posterior margin, no comb medially on remaining tergites; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae. Male macroptera . Similar to but smaller than female and tergite VIII brown ( Fig. 96 ). Material studied . Holotype female, BRAZIL , São Paulo State, Salesópolis , 8.vi.1948 ( USNM ) ; Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia [ Seara ], 16 females 2 males , v & x–xii.1949 , xi.1955 , and vii.1957 , mainly from Solanum sp. and Balfourodendron licanum ( USNM ) ; São Paulo State, Piracicaba , 1 female from Dracena marginata colourama , 16.viii.1993 ( E. Bergmann ) ( ESALQ ) . Comments . Described from 2 females from São Paulo ( vi.1948 ), and one from Nova Teutônia ( i.1949 ), the structure of the head with the transverse apodeme far behind the eyes is unusual, as are the slender antennae.