Podothrips semiflavus Hood Figs 6, 10, 19

Podothrips semiflavus Hood, 1913: 67.

Remarks.

Described from Puerto Rico, America on Panicum leaves, this species is recorded from Egypt and Uganda by Ritchie (1974), with P. aegyptiacus Priesner placed as a synonym. This is one of two species from China in which the thorax is yellow (Fig. 19), but P. luteus from Taiwan has abdominal segments VIII–X brown, whereas the abdomen of P. semiflavus is almost yellow with just the basal third of the tube brown (Fig. 19). One female from Guangdong has been studied here, and this is the first record of the species from China.