Haplothrips certus Priesner, 1929

Mound, Laurence A., 2019, Identification of Haplothrips species from Malesia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 4623 (1), pp. 41-50 : 45

Haplothrips certus Priesner

Haplothrips certus Priesner, 1929: 194

( Figs 9, 13–14 )

Described from the Mentawei Islands of Sumatra, Indonesia, type specimens of this species were examined at the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt in July 2018 and compared with the specimens from Sarawak listed below. The species is a typical member of the genus, with maxillary stylets wide apart and retracted to the postocular setae, and the mesopresternum broadly boat-shaped. But the pronotal major setae are relatively short and capitate, and the fore wing sub-basal seta S3 is exceptionally long and finely acute. The female has a short curved tooth at the inner apex of the fore tarsus, but the male has a more broadly based lateral tooth. The fustis in abdominal segment IX of females is unusually elongate, and the mid and hind tarsi are dark brown.

Measurements (female from Sarawak in microns). Body length 2150. Head, length 185; postocular setae 30. Pronotum, length 160; width 240; major setae am 28, aa 25, ml 25, epim 40, pa 35. Fore wing sub-basal setae S1 25, S2 25, S3 100; with 8 duplicated cilia. Tergite IX setae S1 60, S2 60. Tube length 110.

Specimens studied. East Malaysia, Sarawak, Tamu Abu, Heart of Borneo expedition, collected by Ng Foo Yong and Alice Wells: 2 females 2 males from pink Fabaceae flowers, 22.viii.2017 ; 2 females 1 male from roadside weeds, 14.viii.2017; 4 females 1 male from grass flowers. 17.viii.2017.

Figures

FIGURES 9–18. Haplothrips species. (9) H. certus head & pronotum; (10) H. anceps head & pronotum; (11) H. jordani head; (12) H. timori head; (13) H. certus fore tarsus. Antenna 14–17: (14) H. certus; (15) H. anceps; (16) H. ganglebaueri; (17) H. gowdeyi. (18) H. incognitus (type).