Anaphothrips obscurus ( Mueller )

Cui, Yanze, Xi, Jinghui & Wang, Jun, 2017, The genus Anaphothrips with one new species from China (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), ZooKeys 668, pp. 49-59 : 51

Anaphothrips obscurus ( Mueller) Fig. 17

Thrips obscura Müller, 1776: 96.

Description.

Macropterous female. Body and legs yellow; antennal segment I yellow, segments II-IV light brown but segment II darker, segments V-IX brown but segment V paler slightly; fore wing weakly shaded. Head wider than long, dorsal surface sculptured with irregular transverse reticulations behind eyes; ocellar setae I present, ocellar setae III out of ocellar triangle just anterior to hind ocelli. Antennae 9-segmented (Fig. 17), segments III–IV with sense cone forked. Fore wing upper vein with 7-8 basal setae and 2-3 distal setae, lower vein with 8-9 setae. Abdominal tergites with microtrichia laterally, tergite VIII posterior margin with comb of microtrichia.

Micropterous male. Similar to macropterous female, but wing shorter than thorax width ( Mound and Masumoto 2009).

Distribution.

Widespread around the world.

Specimens examined.

3 female (macropterous), 5 female (micropterous), China, Heilongjiang Province, Sanjiang Plain, 2.vii.2014, from grasses (Jun Wang). 1 female (micropterous) China, Heilongjiang Province, Sanjiang Plain, 9.viii.2012, from grasses (Jun Wang). 1 female (micropterous), China, Ningxia, Pingluo, 24.vii.1987, from Polygonum (Caixia Yang).