Anaphothrips populi Zhang & Tong

Cui, Yanze, Xi, Jinghui & Wang, Jun, 2017, The genus Anaphothrips with one new species from China (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), ZooKeys 668, pp. 49-59 : 51-52

Anaphothrips populi Zhang & Tong Figs 18-20

Anaphothrips populi Zhang & Tong, 1992: 71.

Description.

Macropterous female. Body brown; antennae brown, segment I paler; all leg brown, tarsi paler; fore wing and clavus pale. Head about 0.7 times as long as wide. Ocellar setae 3 pairs, setae III arising at anterior margin of ocellar triangle almost as long as I and II. Antennae 9-segmented (Fig. 18), segments III and IV with forked sense cone. Fore wing (Fig. 19) upper vein with 8-9 basal setae and 3-4 distal setae, lower vein with 11-13 setae; clavus with 5 short setae. Abdominal tergites III–VII with irregular transverse sculpture laterally; tergite VIII (Fig. 20) posterior margin with comb of long microtrichia.

Remarks.

This species is similar to A. incertus in appearance but can be distinguished from the latter by the following features: antennal segments III–IV brown; segment VI with incomplete suture in distal third; fore wing upper vein with 8-9 basal setae and 3-4 distal setae, lower vein with 11-13 setae.

Distribution.

China (Henan, Gansu).

Specimens examined.

Paratype: 1 female (macropterous), China, Henan Province, Baiquan, Baoding Mountain, 21.vi.1979, from Populus (Shengfu Shi).