Mychiothrips crassipes Okajima, 1993

Okajima, Shûji & Masumoto, Masami, 2025, Some Poaceae-inhabiting Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) in East Asia, with descriptions of six new genera and 18 new species, Zootaxa 5726 (1), pp. 1-68 : 21-22

Mychiothrips crassipes Okajima , comb. rev.

( Figs 53 , 75 )

Mychiothrips crassipes Okajima, 1993: 725 .

This species was described from Thailand based on a good number of females and males taken from bamboo. The fore femur is usually armed with four stout inner teeth, but with only three teeth in small individuals. The fore tibia is long and distinctly curved inwardly, and, unlike M. fruticola , it has an inner median hump and an inner sub-apical tubercle. However, these features of the fore legs are not so distinct in small individuals. Unfortunately, the feeding habit of this species is uncertain so far.

Specimens examined. Thailand, holotype female and most of paratypes (data described in Okajima, 1993); additionally, some females and males (detailed data omitted).

Figures

FIGURES 53–61. Mychiothrips species 53–56: (53) M. crassipes, female; (54) M. fruticola, female; (55) M. fruticola, male from Honshu, Japan; (56) M. fruticola, male from Okinawa Is., the Ryukyus. Veerabahuthrips species, female 57–60: (57) V. bambusae; (58) V. clarus; (59) V. longicornis; (60) V. tridentatus. (61) Takeazamiuma exilis comb. nov.

FIGURES 71–82. Takeazamiuma gen. nov. species, head, prothorax and fore leg, female 71–72: (71) T.exilis comb. nov.; (72) T. simplex comb. nov. Mesonotum, female 73–74: (73) T. exilis comb. nov.; (74) T. simplex comb. nov. Antenna of Mychiothrips, Veerabahuthrips and Takeazamiuma gen. nov., female 75–82: (75) M. crassipes; (76) M. fruticola; (77) V. bambusae; (78) V. clarus; (79) V. longicornis; (80) V. tridentatus; (81) T. exilis comb. nov.; (82) T. simplex comb. nov.