Apelaunothrips maculipennis ( Okajima, 1976 ), 1979

Zhao, Chao, Jia, Huimin & Tong, Xiaoli, 2018, Two new records and one new species of the genus Apelaunothrips from China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4450 (3), pp. 385-393 : 390-391

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:460A0DEE-CAC9-4E8E-827E-CB92107106BC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5967555
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scientific name	Apelaunothrips maculipennis ( Okajima, 1976 )
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Apelaunothrips maculipennis ( Okajima, 1976) View in CoL

( Figs 7–10 View FIGURES 7–10 , 14, 17 View FIGURES 13–17 , 22, 23 View FIGURES 18–23 )

Stigmothrips maculipennis Okajima, 1976 View in CoL , 125.

Apelaunothrips maculipennis ( Okajima): Okajima, 1979 View in CoL : 53.

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 2 females and 2 males, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve (18°54'N, 109°40'E), from leaf litter, 7.xii.2008, Jun Wang GoogleMaps ; 11 females and 11males, Baisha County, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, Yinggezui Protection Station (19°02'N, 109°33'E), from leaf litter, 29.iv.2011, Tao Song. GoogleMaps

Distribution: Japan, China (Hainan).

Comments. Originally described from Ryukyu Islands, Japan, the specimens listed above from Hainan Island, China are here identified from original description ( Okajima 1976, 1979). This species appears to be most similar in appearance to A. dentiellus sp. n., but they can be readily distinguished from each other by the above comments of the new species.