Anaphothrips swezeyi Moulton

Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2017, Anaphothrips genus-group: key to world genera, with two new species and three new records from Japan (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 4272 (2), pp. 201-220 : 208

Anaphothrips swezeyi Moulton

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Described from Hawaii and also recorded from Australia ( Mound & Masumoto 2009), this species is here newly recorded in Japan. It is very similar to A. asahi in having slender uniformly pale body and 8-segmented antennae. However, swezeyi has no CPS on the metascutum, the abdominal tergites lack sculpture lines medially, and abdominal tergite VIII has a long and complete posteromarginal comb. In contrast, asahi has CPS present on the metascutum, abdominal tergites with weak sculpture lines, not smooth medially, and tergite VIII with the posteromarginal comb more irregular. Moreover, A. swezeyi is always macropterous in both sexes, but females of A. asahi are usually micropterous (males always micropterous).

Specimens examined. Japan: Ryukyus, Okinawa Island, Naha City , Sueyoshi park: 1 female on Oplismenus undulatifolius [ Poaceae ], 22.i.2005 (TUA) . 1 female on Poaceae , 17.v.2014 (TUA). 2 females on Poaceae , 3.v.2015 (TUA).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Adult. (1) Anaphothrips swezeyi, female. (2) Caprithrips melanophthalmus, female. Oxythrips japonicus sp. n., 3 – 4: (3) Female; (4) Male. (5) Rubiothrips galii sp. n., female.