Dendrothrips, Uzel, 1895

Noguchi, Soichiro & Masumoto, Masami, 2019, Description of a new species of the genus Dendrothrips Uzel (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Japan, Zootaxa 4695 (1), pp. 95-100 : 96

Key to the Japanese species of Dendrothrips

1. Fore wing almost uniformly covered with microtrichia ( Fig. 8 )................................................. 2

-. Fore wing not uniformly covered with microtrichia, microtrichia absent from basal area and between veins except for apical area ( Fig. 9 )......................................................................................... 5

2. Abdominal tergites with transverse sculpture lines bearing microtrichia, body and antennal segments I–IV almost entirely pale....................................................................................... kinape sp.n.

-. Abdominal tergites with anastomosing striae or reticles, at least partly reticulate; body never entirely pale............... 3

3. Antennal segments III and IV each with a simple sense cone; fore wing grayish brown with a white cross band..... minowai

-. Antennal segments III and IV with forked sense cones; fore wing differently colored................................ 4

4. Antennal segment VI cylindrical but tapering in distal third; fore wing dark brown with basal fifth pale; abdominal tergites V–VII without large doughnut-like pale areas...................................................... amamiensis

-. Antennal segment VI constricted at base, widest near base and gradually narrowing forward to apex; fore wing dark brown with three small pale areas (one beyond middle, and two in proximal third); abdominal tergites V–VII usually with two large doughnut-like pale areas......................................................................... magnoliae

5. Antennal segments III and IV with rows of microtrichia; segment II with subbasal seta on dorsal surface, fore wing scale without microtrichia medially..................................................................... latimaculatus

-. Antennal segments III and IV without rows of microtrichia; segment II without subbasal seta on dorsal surface, fore wing scale uniformly covered with microtrichia................................................................... utari

Figures

FIGURES 8–9. Fore wings of Dendrothrips, female. (8) Dendrothrips kinape; (9) D. utari.