Dactuliothrips spinosus Moulton, 1931: 173

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Dactuliothrips spinosus Moulton, 1931: 173

Body dark brown; antennae dark with antennal segment III pale ( Fig. 17 ); fore wings uniformly colored. Head almost as long as wide, with two pairs of long postocular setae ( Fig. 27 ). Pronotum ( Fig. 35 ) and mesonotum with microtrichia. Metanotum with arcuate sculpture, with one pair of anterior setae ( Fig. 42 ), and microtrichia on median anterior area. Fore femur with 2–5 spurs on inner margin ( Fig. 70 ). Abdominal sternites with 5–6 medial discal setae and very few microtrichia; sternite VII with three pairs of posteromarginal setae and two pairs of similarly-sized supernumerary setae aligned with the posteromarginal setae. Male abdominal tergite I with paired longitudinal ridges that do not reach the anterior margin.

Material examined. USA, California, Lee Vining, 2 females, 1 male, on Purshia tridentata , 19.vi.1963, 1.vi.1964 (P. Allan); Cajon Pass, Big Pines camp, 1 female, on Ceanothus flowers, 12.iv.1936 (R. Bohart); Los Angeles Co., La Crescenta, 1 male, on Ceanothus crassifolius Torrey , 8.ii.1967 (H. Evers).

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 28. Dactuliothrips female antenna: (12) D. ephedra sp. n.; (13) D. kaszabi; (14) D. malloi; (15) D. monttea sp. n.; (16) D. prosopis sp. n.; (17) D. spinosus; (18) D. xerophylus. D. ephedra sp. n. antennal segment III – IV sensoria: (19) female; (20) male. Dactuliothrips female head: (21) D. ephedra sp. n.; (22) D. kaszabi; (23) D. kaszabi head microtrichia; (24) D. malloi; (25) D. monttea sp. n.; (26) D. prosopis sp. n.; (27) D. spinosus; (28) D. xerophylus.

FIGURES 29 – 36. Dactuliothrips pronotum: (29) D. boharti female; (30) D. ephedra sp. n. female; (31) D. kaszabi male; (32) D. malloi female; (33) D. monttea sp. n. female; (34) D. prosopis sp. n. female; (35) D. spinosus female; (36) D. xerophylus female.

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.

FIGURES 63 – 81. Dactuliothrips fore legs: (63) D. kaszabi female; (64) D. monttea sp. n. female; (65) D. monttea sp. n. male; (66) D. prosopis sp. n. female; (67) D. prosopis sp. n. male. Dactuliothrips fore tibia and fore femur spurs: (68) D. kaszabi male; (69) D. prosopis sp. n. male; (70) D. spinosus female; (71) D. xerophylus female; (72) D. ephedra sp. n female; (73) D. ephedra sp. n male. Dactuliothrips fore tibia claw: (74) D. monttea sp. n. male; (75) D. malloi female. Male fore femur spurs: (76) D. monttea sp. n.. Dactuliothrips fore wing: (77) D. ephedra sp. n male; (78) D. kaszabi male; (79) D. monttea sp. n. female; (80) D. xerophylus female; (81) D. prosopis sp. n. female.