Thysanoptera intercepted in the Netherlands on plant products from Ethiopia, with description of two new species of the genus Thrips
Author
Vierbergen, Gijsbertus
text
Zootaxa
2014
3765
3
269
278
journal article
46424
10.11646/zootaxa.3765.3.3
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Thrips dezeeuwi
sp. n.
Description.
Holotype
female. Body brown, legs dark brown, with apex of fore tibiae and tarsi light brown (Fig. 9); antennae almost completely brown, segment III basally light brown with apex dark brown (Fig. 10); fore wing dark except partly at base.
Antennae 8-segmented, segments relatively short; VI slightly tapering to base; segment III length 49–50 microns. Ocellar setae III short, outside triangle (Fig. 11). Pronotal posteromarginal setae 3 left and 4 right, posteroangular setae 52–56 microns. Fore wing chaetotaxy remarkably variable: fore vein of left wing 4, 7 and 9 setae (two gaps), right wing 5, 6, 1 and 8 setae (three gaps) (Fig. 9); left clavus with 6 veinal setae (Fig. 12) right clavus with 5. Metanotum with widely spaced sculpture, in the central third reticulate, without wrinkles, posteriorly diverging, with two campaniform sensilla, anteromedial setae far behind anterior margin (Fig. 13). Abdominal tergite II with S1 two thirds as long as segment, with 4 lateromarginal setae; tergites III–VIII with S1 setae about one third to half as long as segment; tergite VIII comb complete, very short, sparse or with fine microtrichia in clusters (
Figs 15, 16
); ctenidia on abdominal tergites V–VIII, tergite IX with two pairs of campaniform sensilla. Pleurotergites with sparse, short ciliate microtrichia, without discal setae. Sternites III–VII with a single row of discal setae, sternite II often with 1 discal seta and sternite VII with discal setae absent medially;
Paratypes
show variation in fore wing chaetotaxy, have their metanotum with two, one or no campaniform sensilla and variable sculpture (Fig. 14), and abdominal sternite VII with a variable gap in the row of discal setae.
Male
unknown.
Type
material.
Holotype
female,
Ethiopia
intercepted in
Netherlands
, Rijnsburg,
Rosa
cut flower,
2.xii.2004
(J.G. de Zeeuw), in NBC.
Paratypes
:
4 females
, same collection data as
holotype
,
2 in
NBC and
2 in
SMF
.
Other material (non-paratypes).
2 females
,
Netherlands
, Rijnsburg (import
Ethiopia
),
Rosa
cut flower,
19.xii.2004
, (J.G. de Zeeuw), in PPS.
Etymology.
This species is named after Johan de Zeeuw, inspector of the PPS, unit Lisse.
Comments.
This species shares the following character states with the species indicated: antennae 8- segmented; fore wing first vein with 7 or more distal setae; pronotal posteroangular setae less than 0.6 as long as pronotum; metanotal sculpture reticulate; sternites II–VIII with discal setae; pleurotergites without discal setae.
T. longicaudatus
(Bianchi)
from
Australia
(Queensland),
Samoa
and the
Philippines
differs in abdominal tergite VIII posteromarginal comb absent medially and fore wing fore vein setae with a complete setal row or having a single interruption.
T. simplex
(Morison)
, a cosmopolitan species and major pest of
Gladiolus
corms, differs in antennal segment III yellow, ocellar setae III placed within ocellar triangle and the metanotal sculpture with wrinkles in the reticulations.