Holopothrips diversity-a Neotropical genus of gall-inducing insects (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae)
Author
Lindner, Mariana F.
Author
Ferrari, Augusto
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
Author
Cavalleri, Adriano
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-04
4494
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journal article
29290
10.11646/zootaxa.4494.1.1
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Holopothrips orites
Hood
(
Figs 204–208
)
Holopothrips orites
Hood, 1942
: 579
.
Diagnostic features.
Body (except antenna) uniformly brown; head clearly longer than wide, with maxillary stylets parallel, not retracted to base of po setae; one pair of long setae on epimeral region; mesonotal sculpture with internal markings; metanotal sculpture very closely striate thoroughly; pelta with elongate thin reticles medially, bearing internal markings; female spermatheca enlarged medially.
Comments.
This Peruvian species is one of the largest members of the genus, being about 3.5 millimeters long. It has some similarities with
H. striatus
, but the latter lacks internal markings in the mesonotal sculpture, the metanotum is not as finely striate, and females do not have the spermatheca enlarged medially.
Material
studied.
2 female
paratypes
;
Peru
,
Huanuco
, vicinity of
Shishmay
,
3000 m
, on flowers,
15– 21.ix.1937
(
Woytkowski, F.
), at
BMNH
and
NMNH
.
Slides
with code “
Hood No.
1448”.