Hoplothrips, Amyot & Serville, 1843

Mound, Laurence A. & Wang, Jun, 2020, Hoplothrips species recorded from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), with one new species from Yunnan, Zootaxa 4758 (3), pp. 596-599 : 597

Key to Hoplothrips species from China

1. Prosternal basantra fully sclerotized as discrete sclerites ( Fig. 6 ); male sternite VIII without a pore plate.......... fungosus

-. Prosternal basantra not present as discrete sclerites but several chitinous islets are sometimes closely associated ( Fig. 5 ); male with broad pore plate on sternite VIII ( Fig. 3 )............................................................... 2

2. Female with no fore tarsal tooth; maxillary stylets 0.2–0.3 of head width apart ( Fig. 1 ), maxillary bridge distinct; prosternal basantra weakly indicated by series of coalescing chitinous islets; mesopresternum complete ( Fig. 5 ); body length less than 2000 microns............................................................................ hongruiae sp.n.

-. Female with fore tarsal tooth well-developed; maxillary stylets close together medially in head without a maxillary bridge; prosternal basantra clearly absent; mesopresternum reduced to pair of lateral triangles; body length at least 3000 microns... 3

3. Antennal segment III sense cones short and straight ( Fig. 7 ).......................................... corticis -group

-. Antennal segment III sense cones long and curved ( Fig. 8 )..................................................... 4

4. Antennal segments IV–VI uniformly brown......................................................... orientalis

-. Antennal segments IV–VI yellow at the base............................................................ fungi

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Hoplothrips species. H. hongruiae sp. n. 1–5: (1) Head & pronotum; (2) Antenna; (3) Male sternite VIII; (4) Pelta & tergites II–III; (5) Prosternum & mesopresternum. (6) H. fungosus prosternites. Antennal segments III–IV 7–8: (7) H. corticis; (8) H. orientalis.