Two new synonyms among Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with three species newly recorded from China Author Wang, Zhaohong 0000-0002-3915-0749 Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, China wangzh @ giz. gd. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3915 - 0749 & Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China xtong @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1731 - 229 X wangzh@giz.gd.cn Author Mound, Laurence CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra 2601, Australia Author Mao, Runqian 0000-0002-3915-0749 Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, China wangzh @ giz. gd. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3915 - 0749 wangzh@giz.gd.cn Author Tong, Xiaoli 0000-0003-1731-229X Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China xtong @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1731 - 229 X xtong@scau.edu.cn text Zootaxa 2022 2022-09-28 5190 2 275 285 journal article 154473 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.7 336d1bee-baeb-43d9-a057-b68955a732df 1175-5326 7120341 A1E5210F-FCE0-4ED5-A139-613DB766F50F Hercinothrips femoralis (Reuter) ( Figs 11–22 , 38–39 ) Heliothrips femoralis Reuter, 1891: 166 . This species is widespread around the world in tropical and subtropical areas ( Roditakis et al . 2006 ). Feeding by larvae and adults can cause leaf damage to many kinds of plants, including calla lily ( Zantedeschia aethiopica ), chrysanthemums, figs ( Ficus spp. ), banana, cotton, cowpea, cucumber, groundnut, maize, sugar beet, sugar cane and tomato ( Moritz et al . 2013 ). A large population has been found in China in greenhouse damaging the leaves of cabbage ( Fig. 20 ) and sweet potato. In addition to the generic character states indicated above, this species can be identified by: body brown to dark brown, head with yellow longitudinal areas between eyes and ocelli; fore wing mainly brown but pale at apex, subbasally, and submedian areas, posteromarginal cilia wavy ( Fig. 16 ); antennae 8-segmented, segments III & IV each with a small forked sense cone ( Fig. 13 ); head, pronotum, meso-metanotum reticulate with internal wrinkles ( Fig. 11 ); metanotum median setae arise medially with one pair of campaniform sensilla ( Fig. 12 ); abdominal tergites weakly reticulate medially, median pair of setae small, posterior margins with complete craspedum; tergite VIII with comb of a few microtrichia laterally but none medially; tergite X with longitudinal split almost complete. Male with sternal marginal setae minute, sternites III–VII with slender transverse pore plate ( Fig. 14 ), tergite IX with 3 pairs of thorn-like setae and a few wartlike tubercles ( Fig. 15 ). The eggs were inserted into the leaves, slightly protruding from the surrounding leaf surface, and a pair of eyespots could be seen before hatching ( Figs 17, 18 ). The first and second instar larvae are yellow, and always bear a drop of dark excretion on the abdomen apex ( Fig. 19 ), and this is left as black spots on the leaf surface. The second instar larvae have 7-segmented antennae ( Fig. 21 ), with the major body setae short and pointed ( Fig. 22 ). Material studied . CHINA , Guangdong , Guangzhou , Institute of Zoology , Guangdong Academy of Sciences ( 23°10′N , 113°30′E ), 25 females , 6 males from sweet potato, 12.iv.2022 (Zhaohong Wang) ; same location 6 females , 4 males from cabbage, 30.vi.2022 .