Bamboosiella xiphophora Okajima, 1995

Zhao, Chao, Wang, Zhaohong & Tong, Xiaoli, 2018, Three new species and three new records of the genus Bamboosiella from China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4514 (2), pp. 167-180 : 176-177

Bamboosiella xiphophora Okajima, 1995

( Figs 27–30 , 43, 44 )

Bamboosiella xiphophora Okajima, 1995b: 479 .

This species belongs to the large-body group of Bamboosiella . Described originally from Thailand ( Okajima 1995b), B. xiphophora is here newly recorded from China, in Yunnan and Guangdong. This species can be distinguished from other members of the genus by: (1) head distinctly longer than wide ( Fig. 27 ) and elongated

antennae bicoloured ( Figs 43 , 4 ); (2) fore femora enlarged, particularly in the female; (3) fore tibiae with a subapical tubercle and fore tarsus with a stout tooth in both sexes ( Figs 29, 30 ).

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: Jinghong City , 2 females, leaf litter, collect date and collector unknown. Guangdong: Guangzhou City, Dafushan Forest Park (22°57'N, 113°18'E), 8 females and 2 males, on living leaves of bamboo, 23.xi.2017 (Liangxin Liu) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Guangdong), Thailand.

Figures

FIGURES 27–30. Bamboosiella xiphophora: (27) head; (28) pronotum; (29) fore leg of female; (30) fore leg of male (arrows indicate sub-apical tubercle bearing a short seta).

FIGURES 37–44. Bamboosiella species. (37) B. brevis (female); (38) B. brevis (male); (39) B. fasciata (female); (40) B. fasciata (male); (41) B. lewisi (female); (42) B. lewisi (male); (43) B. xiphophora (female); (44) B. xiphophora (male).

FIGURES 3–8. Bamboosiella caudibruna sp. n. (3) head; (4) pronotum; (5) fore leg of male; (6) metanotum; (7) pelta; (8) antenna.