Terthrothrips strasseni Dang, Mound & Qiao, 2014

Tong, Xiaoli, 2017, Two new species and a new record of the fungivorous genus Terthrothrips from China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4323 (4), pp. 561-571 : 566

Terthrothrips strasseni Dang, Mound & Qiao

( Figs. 31, 32 )

Terthrothrips strasseni Dang, Mound & Qiao, 2014: 73 .

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: 1 female, Xishuangbanna, Mengla, Tropical Botanical Garden (21°27'N, 101°34'E), 22.xi.1993, Weiqiu Zhang . Guizhou: 1 female, Libo County, Weng’ang (25°25'N, 107°91'E), 21.vii.2015, Zhaohong Wang . Guangdong: 1 male, Shixing County, Chebaling National Nature Reserve (24°42′N, 114°11′E), 5.viii.1988, Weiqiu Zhang , 1 male, same locality, 1.x.2002, Zhiwei Li; Yingde City, Shimentai Nature Reserve (24°41'N, 113°31'E), 10.iv.2002, Zhiwei Li ; 1 female, Conghua, Shimen National Forest Park (23°32'N, 113°32'E), 19.ix.2004, Jun Wang . Hainan: 1 female and 1 male, Ledong County, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve (18°44'N, 108°51'E), 31.x.1986, Xiaoli Tong & Jian Zhang ; 1 female, Diaoluoshan National Natrue Reserve (18°43'N, 109°52'E), 5.xii.2008, Jun Wang.

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hainan); Indonesia.

Remarks. Although originally described from Indonesia (Dang et al. 2014), this species is here newly recored from China where it appears to be widespread from southwestern China to southern China. It is similar in shape and structure to the new species described below, but can be distinguish from them by the above key.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 32. Terthrothrips species. (25) T. apterus (female), (26) T. apterus (male); (27) T. palmatus (female), (28) T. palmatus (male); (29) T. parvus (female), (30) T. parvus (male); (31) T. strasseni (female), (32) T. strasseni (male).