The genus Heterothrips (Thysanoptera) in Brazil, with an identification key and seven new species
Author
Pereyra, Veronica
Author
Cavalleri, Adriano
text
Zootaxa
2012
3237
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.280411
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1175-5326
280411
Heterothrips brasiliensis
Moulton, 1932
Known only from the
type
series, this species was described from specimens collected on
Beginia
sp. [sic], possibly a typographic mistake for
Begonia
sp. This dark brown thrips (
Figs 97–100
) is unusual in having a very long antennal segment III, about 3.5 times as long as wide (
Fig. 98
). Antennal segments III–IV are pale with the apex dark (
Fig. 98
), and the tibiae are extensively pale. Moreover, the discal setae on abdominal sternites III–VI are placed only laterally and males lack sternal pore plates.
Material examined.
Holotype
female,
Brazil
,
Espírito Santo
, Santa Theresa,
22.vii.1928
, on
Beginia
sp. (O. Conde) (
CAS
).
Paratypes
:
5 females
,
3 males
collected with
holotype
on indeterminate vegetation (
CAS
and
USNM
).