Iridothrips zizaniophila (Han & Zhang) Wang & Mound & Tong, 2019

Wang, Zhaohong, Mound, Laurence & Tong, Xiaoli, 2019, Phylogenetic relationships within the Frankliniella genus-group based on morphology, with a revision of Iridothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 4651 (1), pp. 141-154 : 152

Iridothrips zizaniophila (Han & Zhang) comb.n.

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Frankliniella zizaniophila Han & Zhang, 1982: 210 .

Mirab-balou et al. (2014) recorded this species in China from aquatic Poaceae , including Zizania caduciflora and Oryza rufipogon . These authors also suggested that zizaniophila might better be placed in a new genus. According to the analysis presented above, this species is sister-group to the other four species in Iridothrips . It is unique in having two pairs of pronotal posteromarginal setae and postocular setae pair I and pair II usually absent.

Material examined. CHINA, Guangdong, Guangzhou, Sanyuanli , 1 female from Zizania latifolia , 17.x.1979, Kuang Mingzhen (in ANIC). Materials recorded by Mirab-balou et al. (2014) in SCAU .

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FIGURES 2–12. Character states of Frankliniella genus-group. 2–7 head: (2) Fr. insularis; (3) Fr. schultzei; (4) Y. yangtzei; (5) I. mariae; (6) Ps. araucariae; (7) I. lobulatus. 8–12 head and pronotum: (8) Fr. zizaniophila; (9) Fr. williamsi; (10) S. calcaratus; (11) T. physapus; (12) P. achaetus. [see Appendix 1 for character state codes]