Merothrips williamsi Priersner

Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2021, Contributions to the knowledge of Thysanoptera (Insecta) from Japan, Zootaxa 4970 (3), pp. 593-596 : 593

Merothrips williamsi Priersner ( Fig. 4 )

Specimens examined. Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Haha-jima Is.: Mt. Sakaigatake , 4 females on dead branches, 4.iii.1988, S. Okajima . Japan, Honshu, Tokyo, Kodaira-shi , 1 female on dead wood, 18.xii.1983, Satake .

Notes. This species has also been known from North and South America. Members of this genus are usually apterous, but females of this species are macropterous.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Thysanoptera from Japan. Merothrips fusciceps, 1–3: (1) Female macroptera; (2) Female aptera; (3) Male aptera. (4) Merothrips williamsi. Sorghothrips meishanensis, 5–8: (5) Female; (6) Head to metanotum; (7) Antenna; (8) Abdominal sternites III & IV.