Dactuliothrips diversus Bailey, 1939: 170

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Dactuliothrips diversus Bailey, 1939: 170

Body dark brown; fore wings uniformly colored. Head longer than wide, with two pairs of long postocular setae.

Mesonotum without microtrichia; metanotum without microtrichia and with two pairs of setae: one on anterior margin, one behind the first pair ( Fig. 37 ). Fore femur with 2–5 weakly-developed spurs on inner margin. Abdominal sternites covered with microtrichia, with about 5–6 medial discal setae; sternite VII with three pairs of posteromarginal setae and two pairs of smaller supernumerary setae.

Material examined. USA, California, Hinkley, 3 females, 2 males paratypes, on Oenothera dentata , 15.iv.1938 (B.E. White).

Figures

FIGURES 37 – 48. Dactuliothrips female mesonotum and metanotum: (37) D. diversus; (38) D. ephedra sp. n.; (39) D. kaszabi; (40) D. monttea sp. n.; (41) D. prosopis sp. n.; (42) D. spinosus; (43) D. xerophylus. Dactuliothrips female abdominal sternites III – VI: (44) D. ephedra sp. n.; (45) D. kaszabi; (46) D. malloi; (47) D. monttea sp. n.; (48) D. prosopis sp. n.