Dendrothrips ornatus (Jablonowski)

Wang, Zhaohong, Mound, Laurence A. & Tong, Xiaoli, 2019, Character state variation within Dendrothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with a revision of the species from China, Zootaxa 4590 (2), pp. 231-248 : 246

Dendrothrips ornatus (Jablonowski)

( Figs 3 , 22 , 25, 31 , 61–62 )

Thrips ornatus Jablonowski, 1894: 93 .

Dendrothrips tiliae Uzel, 1895: 160 .

Information about this species is provided by Mound et al. (2018). The species is distinguished from other members of the genus by the fore wing color patterns ( Fig. 31 ) and the pronotal sculpture ( Fig. 3 ). It is a palearctic species feeding, breeding and pupating on the leaves of privet hedges, Ligustrum [ Oleaceae ], and also associated with leaves of Syringa [ Oleaceae ] ( Mound et al. 2018), from which plant it has been reported in Beijing. A similar species, utari Kudô (1984) , collected in Nagano, Japan from Fraxinus sieboldiana [ Oleaceae ], is only weakly distinguished from ornatus .

Material examined: CHINA (in SCAU), Beijing, Yunmengshan Forest Park (40°33'N, 116°42'E), 3 females collected from leaf litter of Syringa sp. [ Oleaceae ], 16.xi.2008 (Jun Wang). GERMANY (in SCAU), Hessen, Main, Hattersheim, 1 male, 1 female from S. vulgaris , 30.ix.1970 (R. zur Strassen). FRANCE (in ANIC), Vende, St Hilaire de Riez, 7 females from Ligustrum vulgare [ Oleaceae ], 9.viii.2005 (P. Reynaud). HUNGARY (in ANIC), 10 females from Ligustrum , iv.2006. ENGLAND (in ANIC), Dorset, Verwood, 1 female from Ligustrum , 15.viii.1964 (L.A. Mound).

Distribution: China (Beijing, Liaoning); widespread in Europe, and introduced to North America.

Host plants: Syringa , Ligustrum . [ Oleaceae ].

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Dendrothrips. Head and pronotum 1–5: (1) latimaculatus; (2) diaspora; (3) ornatus; (4) minowai; (5) homalii. Head and thorax of magnoliae 6–7: (6) female; (7) male. (8) Head of octosparsus sp. n. Pronotum 9–11: (9) jeanneli; (10) octosparsus sp. n.; (11) stannardi.

FIGURES 12–23. Dendrothrips. Fore wing 12–16: (12) homalii; (13) minowai; (14) stannardi; (15) howeii; (16) stannardi. Tergites 17–23: (17) homalii III–VI; (18) sexmaculatus III–VI; (19) virgulatus III–VI; (20) latimaculatus IV–VII; (21) howeii III–V; (22) ornatus IV–VI; (23) octosparsus sp. n. IV–VII.

FIGURES 24–31. Dendrothrips. Meso- and metanotum 24–26: (24) latimaculatus; (25) ornatus; (26) octosparsus sp. n. Forewing 27–31: (27) latimaculatus female; (28) latimaculatus male; (29) magnoliae female; (30) magnoliae male; (31) ornatus.

FIGURES 57–62. Dendrothrips. magnoliae 57–58: (57) female; (58) male. minowai 59–60: (59) female; (60) male. ornatus 61–62: (61) female; (62) male.