Ophthalmothrips formosanus (Karny)

Li, Yanqiao, Zhao, Linpeng, Li, Chengwen & Dang, Lihong, 2022, Review of the genus Ophthalmothrips Hood (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from China, with a new species, Zoological Systematics 47 (4), pp. 305-312 : 310

Ophthalmothrips formosanus (Karny)

Idolothrips formosanus Karny, 1913: 130 .

Pyrgothrips formosanus (Karny) : Haga, 1975: 270.

Ophthalmothrips formosanus (Karny) : Mound & Palmer, 1983: 71.

Diagnosis. Head about two times as long as wide; head elongate, preocular projection wider than long; postocular setae well-developed, distinctly longer than interocellar setae, pointed at apex (Fig. 16). Antennae 8-segmented, segment III longest, about 3.6 times as long as wide, III with 1+1 sense cones, IV with 2+2 (Fig. 17). Maxillary stylets V-shaped, retracted into head but not reaching to posterior margin of eyes (Fig. 16). Pronotum with five pairs of developed major setae, blunt to expanded at apex (Fig. 16). Mesopresternum boat-shaped. Fore tarsal tooth absent in both sexes (Figs 21–22). Pelta triangular, with entire reticulation (Fig. 24); abdominal tergites II–VII with two pairs of wing-retaining setae; tube smooth, shorter than head, anal setae slightly shorter than tube.

Distribution. China (Henan, Taiwan).

Material examined. China, Henan, 2♀ 1♂, 13.VII.1985, coll. Yunfa Han ( IZCAS); China, Henan, 2♂, from dried-up elm bark, 18.IV.1957, coll. Yunfa Han ( IZCAS) .

Comments. This species was described originally from Taiwan based on one female specimen. Dang & Qiao (2013) recorded it from the Chinese mainland in Henan Province . Two females and three males from dried-up elm bark are studied here .