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 erianthi
(Hood)
(
Figs 66–68
)
Homorothrips erianthi
Hood, 1954
: 52
.
Diagnostic features.
Body (except antenna) uniformly brown; head slightly longer than wide, maxillary stylets parallel, retracted to posterior margin of eyes; one pair of long setae on epimeral region; mesonotal sculpture without internal markings; metanotal sculpture striate thoroughly; pelta with irregular reticles covering the whole structure, without internal markings; males with two anteroangular pore plates on sternites VI–VIII, and a widely interrupted posterior transverse plate on VIII.
Comments.
Originally described in the monotypic genus
Homorothrips
, based on individuals collected from a species of grass in Southeastern Brazil. In the UFRGS collection there are several specimens from different areas of Brazil, from a variety of plants (including
Myrcia
splendens
, the apparent host plant of
H. conducans
galls), which are believed to belong to this species. No type specimens could be observed in this work.
Material
studied:
2 non-type specimens;
Brazil
,
Minas Gerais
(?), in
Lithraea brasiliensis
, at
ANIC
. Slide with code “9Mg57-2”.