Podothrips odonaspicola (Kurosawa)

Dang, Li-Hong, Zhao, Le, Wang, Xia & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2019, Review of Podothrips from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), with one new species and three new records, ZooKeys 882, pp. 41-49 : 41

Podothrips odonaspicola (Kurosawa) Figs 4 , 8 , 18

Haplothrips odonaspicola Kurosawa, 1937: 266.

Remarks.

Described from Japan (Tokyo) on bamboo leaf sheaths, this species is recorded here from China (Sichuan, Hubei) for the first time, based on three females. The brown thorax and yellow abdominal pattern are similar to the new species, P. femoralis , but it may be distinguished by the forewing with duplicated cilia and fore tibia without distinct subapical tooth ( Fig. 4 ).

Figures

Figures 1 - 6. Podothrips species head, pronotum & fore legs 1 P. femoralis sp. nov. 2 P. lucasseni 3 P. luteus (from Okajima 1978) 4 P. odonaspicola 5 P. sasacola 6 P. semiflavus.

Figures 7 - 16. Podothrips species. 7 - 10 Antenna 7 P. femoralis sp. nov. 8 P. odonaspicola 9 P. sasacola 10 P. semiflavus. 11, 12 Base of forewing 11 P. sasacola 12 P. femoralis sp. nov. Some important features of P. femoralis sp. nov. 13 mesopresternum 14 Pelta 15 abdominal tergites IV-V 16 abdominal tergites IX-X.

Figures 17 - 22. Podothrips adult colour patterns 17 P. lucasseni 18 P. odonaspicola 19 P. semiflavus 20 P. femoralis sp. nov. 21 P. sasacola. Some important features of femoralis sp. nov. 22 mesopresternum and metathoracic sternopleural sutures. Scale bars: 200 microns.