Bamboosiella fasciata Okajima

Dang, Li-Hong & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2016, Species of the Poaceae-associated genus Bamboosiella (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from China, with three new species, Zootaxa 4184 (3), pp. 541-552 : 546

Bamboosiella fasciata Okajima

( Figs 2 , 13, 21 , 34, 41 , 49 , 56 )

Bamboosiella fasciata Okajima, 1995a: 311 .

This species was described from Bangkok, Thailand on bamboo. B. fasciata has large body ( Fig. 56 ) similar with bicoloripes ( Fig. 57 ). However, they can be distinguished by colour of abdominal segments (in fasciata only II–III yellow, in bicoloripes I–VI are yellow) ( Figs 56, 57 ). This is the first record of the species from China. Material studied . CHINA, Hainan: 1 female, 1 male from grasses, 11.iv.1958.

Distribution. China (Hainan), Thailand.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Head, pronotum & fore legs: 1. bicoloripes; 2. fasciata; 3. cingulata; 4. flavescens; 5. nayari; 6. exastis.

FIGURES 13 – 28. Antenna: 13. fasciata; 14. magnus sp. n.; 15. exastis; 16. nayari; 17. longisetis sp. n.; 18. semiflava; 19. antennatus sp. n. Pelta: 20. bicoloripes; 21. fasciata; 22. flavescens; 23. semiflava; 24. magnus sp. n.; 25. longisetis sp. n.; 26. antennatus sp. n. Tergites IX – X of male: 27. exastis; 28. semiflava.

FIGURES 29 – 46. Antenna: 29. bicoloripes; 30. cingulata; 31. flavescens; 32. varia. Mesopresternum: 33. bicoloripes; 34. fasciata; 35. flavescens; 36. semiflava; 37. magnus sp. n.; 38. longisetis sp. n.; 39. antennatus sp. n. Base of fore wing: 40. bicoloripes; 41. fasciata; 42. flavescens; 43. semiflava; 44. magnus sp. n.; 45. longisetis sp. n.; 46. antennatus sp. n.

FIGURES 47 – 54. Tergites IX – X of female: 47. bicoloripes; 48. cingulata; 49. fasciata; 50. flavescens; 51. nayari; 52. varia; 53. magnus sp. n.; 54. longisetis sp. n.

FIGURES 55 – 66. Body: 55. magnus sp. n.; 56. fasciata; 57. bicoloripes; 58. antennatus sp. n.; 59. exastis; 60. flavescens; 61. semiflava; 62. longisetis sp. n.; 63. nayari; 64. varia; 65. holotype of ‘ brevibristla ’; 66. paratype of ‘ brevibristla ’.