Desmidothrips, Mound, 1977

Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2019, Review of the Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera) in Japan, Zootaxa 4564 (2), pp. 301-326 : 316

Key to world species of Desmidothrips

[* based on literature]

1. Fore wing ring apical vein shaded; antennal segments III–IV with linear sensorium long, reaching to base of segments [ New Caledonia] i................................................................................... nauditus *

-. Fore wing apical ring vein pale ( Fig. 22 ); antennal segments III–IV with linear sensorium not reaching base of segments... 2

2. Antennal segments II–IV largely yellow with extreme apices of III–IV shaded, hind tibiae pale at extreme base; pronotum densely sculptured with transverse lines ( Fig. 74 ); mesonotum with lateral setae short but longer than posteromarginal setae ( Fig. 77 ) [ Japan].......................................................................... japonicas sp. n.

-. Antennal segments II–IV largely brown with basal half of III yellow, hind tibiae uniformly brown; pronotum not sculptured; mesonotum with lateral setae long but shorter than posteromarginal setae [ New Zealand]...................... walkerae *

Figures

FIGURES 15–24. Fore wings of Aeolothripidae, female. (15) Aeolothrips fasciatus; (16) A. fukushimensis sp. n.; (17) A. kurosawai; (18) A. luteolus; (19) A. melaleucus from Honshu; (20) A. setosus sp. n.; (21) A. vittatus; (22) Desmidothrips japonicus sp. n. (23) Franklinothrips oblongus sp. n.; (24) F. vespiformis.

FIGURES 74–79. Desmidothrips japonicus sp. n., female: (74) Head & pronotum; (75) Antennal segments III–IX; (76) Antennal segments III–IV (setae and microtrichia omitted); (77a) Mesonotum & metascutum; (77b) Metascutal sculpture, median area; (78) Sternites V–VII, sculpture omitted; (79) Spermatheca, dorsal aspect.