Sericothripinae

Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4162 (1), pp. 1-45 : 4

Key to genera of Sericothripinae

1. Metasternal plate with deep U- or V-shaped invagination at anterior margin; pantropical ( Figs 10, 13 )......... Hydatothrips

-. Metasternal plate with anterior margin transverse or with shallow invagination ( Figs 53–59 )........................... 2

2. Metascutal sculpture with no microtrichia, sculpture lines usually longitudinal ( Figs 47–51 ); tergites III–VI with few or no microtrichia on median discal area ( Figs 76–79 ); worldwide....................................... Neohydatothrips

-. Metascutal sculpture with many microtrichia, sculpture lines predominantly transverse; tergites III–VI fully covered medially with microtrichia; Holarctic only................................................................ Sericothrips

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 14. Hydatothrips species. canavaliae 9 – 11: (9) meso and metanota; (10) metasternal plate; (11) larva II abdomen. (12) gliricidiae meso and metanotum. (13) volcano metasternal plate. (14) sternalis sternites V – VI.

FIGURES 50 – 66. Neohydatothrips species. Head and pronotum 50 – 51: (50) paraensis; (51) burungae. (52) samayunkur, pro, meso and metanotum. Metasternal plate 53 – 59: (53) burungae; (54) chelinus; (55) dosulis; (56) gracilipes; (57) humberto; (58) sidae; (59) inversus. (60) burungae male sternite VII. Antennal segments III – V: (61) inversus paratype; (62) geminus paratype; (63) sulcus. Antennal segments III – VIII: (64) novateutoniae; (65) renatae; (66) plaumanni.

FIGURES 41 – 49. Neohydatothrips species. Head and pronotum 41 – 44: (41) sulcus; (42) tibialis; (43) zucchi; (44) varius. Meso and metanotum 45 – 49: (45) basilaris; (46) chelinus; (47) hemileucus; (48) clavisetis; (49) hadrosetae.

FIGURES 67 – 79. Neohydatothrips species. Fore wing 67 – 74: (67) basilaris; (68) burungae; (69) clavisetis; (70) dosulis; (71) hadrosetae; (72) notialis; (73) paraensis; (74) renatae. (75) hadrosetae fore wing clavus. Tergites 76 – 79: (76) varius IV – IX; (77) inversus VII – IX; (78) clavisetis IV; (79) zucchi VII – VIII.