Identification key to species of Thrips genus from China (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), with seven new records
Author
Zhang, Hongrui
Author
Xie, Yonghui
Author
Li, Zhengyue
text
Zootaxa
2011
2810
37
46
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.277122
bc65e216-badd-4af3-8f9a-0f4b4e11fd6e
1175-5326
277122
Thrips obscuripes
Priesner
(
Figs. 5, 12
,
19
)
Thrips obscuripes
Priesner, 1934
: 278
–
279
Female
(macropterous): Body uniformly dark brown, legs, fore wing and antennae dark;
major
setae dark. Antennae 7-segmented, III–IV with sensorium forked. Head wider than long, ocellar setae pair III situated just outside or near margins of ocellar triangle; postocular setae II & IV minute (
Fig. 5
). Pronotum wider than long, with two pairs of long posteroangular setae; posterior margin with three pairs of setae. Metascutum with striate sculpture; median setae long, arising behind anterior margin; campaniform sensilla present (
Fig. 12
). Fore wing first vein with seven basal and three distal setae; second vein with row of about 15 setae; clavus with five marginal setae. Abdominal tergum II with 4 lateral marginal setae; posteromarginal comb on tergite VIII complete and fine slender regular (
Fig. 19
); tergite X split longitudinally except at base. Pleurotergites and sternites without discal setae.
Male
: Similar to female but smaller; posteromarginal comb on abdominal tergite VIII posterior margin not apparent; sternites III–VII with small, transverse, oval pore plate.
Specimens examined.
China
: Yunnan,
5 females
, on
Albizia julibrissin
,
24. iv.2010
; Yunnan,
6 females
,
1 male
, on
Pyrus serotina
,
12. iv.2008
; Sichuan,
83 females
,
4 males
, on
Rhododendron simsii
,
9.v.2010
; Guizhou,
2 females
, on
Brassica campestris
,
8.iv.2009
.
Remarks.
Described from Java, this species is closely related to
formosanus
, which has a pale antennal segment III. Also similar in structure is
flavus
, but that is a yellow species with ocellar setae much closer together.