Hydatothrips

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

Key to Hydatothrips species

1. Ocellar triangle without sculpture lines; tergite IX of female with 3 pairs of mid-dorsal setae; metasternal plate with broadly U- shaped invagination...................................................................... williamsi comb. n.

-. Ocellar triangle with sculpture lines ( Figs 3–8 ); tergite IX with either 2 or 4 pairs of mid-dorsal setae; metasternal plate invagi- nation not broadly U-shaped............................................................................ 2

2. Fore wing with three distinct pale bands; meso and metanotum with many microtrichia ( Fig. 12 )................ gliricidiae

-. Fore wing with one or two pale bands; meso and metanotum with no microtrichia.................................. 3

3. Anterior third of pronotum broadly reticulate ( Figs 3, 5 ); tergite IX with 4 pairs of mid-dorsal setae; fore wing second vein with no setae......................................................................................... 4

-. Anterior third of pronotum transversely reticulate ( Figs 4, 7, 8 ); tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae; fore wing second vein with two setae.................................................................................... 5

4. Pterothorax brown; mesonotum transversely striate ( Fig. 5 ), metanotum longitudinally striate.................. tricinctus

-. Pterothorax yellow, meso and metanotum conspicuously reticulate ( Fig. 9 )........................... canavaliae sp. n.

5. Transverse reticles on pronotum without internal markings ( Fig. 7 )..................................... guanacastei

-. Transverse reticles on pronotum with internal markings ( Figs 4, 8 )............................................... 6

6. Hind tibiae yellow; ocellar area without internal markings between striae; sternites with microtrichia medially...... sternalis

-. Hind tibiae brown; ocellar area with internal markings between striae; sternites without microtrichia medially....... volcano

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 8. Hydatothrips species. Head and pronotum 1 – 6: (3) canavaliae; (4) sternalis; (5) tricinctus; (6) gliricidiae; (7) guanacastei; (8) volcano.

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.