Neohydatothrips luteolipes, Mirab-Balou, Majid, Tong, Xiao-Li & Yang, Shu-Lan, 2013

Mirab-Balou, Majid, Tong, Xiao-Li & Yang, Shu-Lan, 2013, Neohydatothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from China: new species and records, with a key to species, Zootaxa 3700 (1), pp. 185-194 : 193

Neohydatothrips luteolipes sp. n.

( Figs 5–7 )

Female macroptera. Body strongly bicolored. Antennal segments I–III yellow, IV–VIII brown except IV yellow at base ( Fig. 5 ); head and thorax brown to pale brown, pronotal blotch darker ( Fig. 6 ); legs mainly yellow, except coxae dark brown, mid- and hind femora with brown marking; fore wings brown with sub-basal area pale and base including clavus pale brown; abdominal tergites I–III and VI with brown semi-elliptical areas clearly separated from median yellow areas; segmentes IV and V yellow; VII brown, VIII–IX yellowish brown, X yellow ( Fig. 7 ). Abdominal tergites II–VII with pale antecostal ridges.

Head wider than long, with closely spaced transverse lines within ocellar triangle, with occipital apodeme not touching posterior margin of eyes, with three pairs of ocellar setae, pair III situated outside ocellar triangle, with three pairs of postocular setae mesad of posteroinner angle of compound eye. Antennae 8-segmented.

Pronotum reticulate around blotch; pronotal blotch transversely striate, straight posteriorly, anterior margin concave medially; blotch with a pair of long posteroangular setae and one pair of short posteromarginal setae. Mesonotum with closely spaced striations, and small lines between the major striae. Metanotum sculptured with linear reticulation, median setae situated on or very close at anterior margin. Mesothoracic furca with spinula, metafurca without. Fore wing first vein with setal row complete, second vein with no setae.

Abdominal tergite I without marginal microtrichia medially, II–V with complete row of marginal microtrichia, very small medially; tergites II–VIII with discal microtrichia laterally and extending medially on VI–VIII; tergites IX–X smooth, without discal microtrichia; sternites without discal setae, VII with three pairs of posteromarginal setae arising in front of posterior margin; sternites with discal microtrichia present only laterally. Ovipositor well developed.

Measurements of holotype female in microns. Body length 1195. Head, length 168; width across eyes 108; eyes 55 (50), distance between two compound eyes 65. Pronotum, length 126; width 213; pronotal blotch 157 (58); blotch posteroangular setae 38. Metanotum median setae length 30. Fore wing length 850. Antennal segments I to VIII length (width) as follows: 28 (24), 37 (26), 77 (19), 77 (17), 53 (16), 58 (17), 10 (6), and 16 (5).

Male macroptera. Distended body length 0.9 mm. Similar to female but smaller; abdominal tergite IX with median setae as long as S2; abdominal sternites without pore plates.

Material studied. Holotype female (in SCAU), CHINA, Hainan Province: the Jianfengling National Nature Reserve (18°44′N, 108°51′E), host plant unknown, 1.XI.1986, coll. Tong Xiao-li.

Paratypes: 7 females, 5 males, the same data with holotype.

Remarks. N. luteolipes and N. tabulifer are unique by abdominal tergites I–III and VI with brown semielliptical areas clearly separated from median yellow areas.

Etymology. The name luteolipes is derived from Latin luteolus (yellow) and pes (foot), and refers to the new species with all tibiae yellow.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Neohydatothrips species from China. 1 – 4. N. concavus sp. n.: (1) Head and Pronotum, (2) Metasternum, (3) Antenna, (4) Mid and hind legs; 5 – 7. N. luteolipes sp. n.: (5) Antenna, (6) Head and Pronotum, (7) Abdomen, dorsal view.