Aduncothrips japonicus (Masumoto & Okajima) Li & Elie & Liu & Zhang, 2022

Li, Yajin, Elie, Ntirenganya, Liu, Hui & Zhang, Hongrui, 2022, Aduncothrips newly recorded from China, with three new species and a new generic synonym (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae), Zootaxa 5141 (1), pp. 49-59 : 53

Aduncothrips japonicus (Masumoto & Okajima) comb.n.

( Figs 10–17 )

Desmidothrips japonicus Masumoto & Okajima, 2019: 316

Male macroptera. Smaller than female ( Fig. 11 ); antennal segment II pale, III pale at base and brown on the apex half ( Fig. 13 ); all femora brown, tibiae pale at base half and light brown rest, tarsi brown. Maxillary palps 3- segmented, segment II undivided ( Fig. 15 ). Abdominal tergite I with two longitudinal ridges ( Fig. 17 ), IX without tubercles and clasper, S1 setae longer than S2 ( Fig. 16 ). Sternites II–VIII with 3 or 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, VIII with 1 pair of discal setae laterally.

Measurements (male in microns). Body length 1424; head length 144, width 160. Pronotum length 159, width 181. Fore wing length 658, median width 94. Antennal segments I–IX length: 27, 47, 107, 93, 57, 40, 33, 12, 11.

Specimens studied. 1 female, 1 male, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Shuifu County, on flowers of Duranta repens [ Verbenaceae ], 19.vii.2011 (Hongrui Zhang), in collection of Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming .

Comments. This species was collected form the leaves of Castanea crenata [ Fagaceae ] in Japan, and it was described as the third species of Desmidothrips ( Masumoto & Okajima 2019) . Although the type specimens were collected from plant leaves, it was collected from flowers in China, and the feeding habits of this species are not yet certain. Dr Masumoto reconfirmed that the female type specimens of A. japonicus also have the maxillary palp segment II subdivided.

Figures

FIGURES 10–17. A. japonicas (10) Body of female; (11) Body of male; (12) Antenna of female; 13–17 Male. (13) Antennae; (14) Head, promotum, meso and metanotum; (15) Maxillary palp; (16) Ternites VIII–X; (17) Ternites I–II.