Stenchaetothrips langkawiensis Ng & Mound

Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2013, Review of the genus <i> Thrips </ i> and related genera (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Japan, Zootaxa 3678 (1), pp. 1-65 : 13

Stenchaetothrips langkawiensis Ng & Mound

( Figs. 23–26 )

This Malaysian species is newly recorded from Japan and Taiwan. It is very similar to S. indicus (Ramakrishna & Margabandhu) , which is widespread in India, Pakistan, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Brazil, Jamaica and Trinidad, by having uniformly yellow slender body ( Figs. 23, 26 ) but the latter species can be distinguished from by abdominal tergites with no microtrichia on posterior margins ( Mound, 2011; Ng & Mound, 2012). Male is unknown in Japan.

Specimens examined. JAPAN, Honshu: Ibaraki Pref., Yawara-mura, on side of the river Kokai-gawa: 23 females on leaves of Miscanthus sinensis [ Poaceae ], 25.vii.2008, M. Masumoto (TUA); 22 females on leaves of Miscanthus sinensis , 29.vii.2008, M. Masumoto (TUA). Kyushu: Kagoshima Pref., Yaku-shima Is., Senbironotaki Falls, 1 female on bamboo leaves, 10.iii.2000, T. Tsutsumi (FU). Ryukyus: Okinawa Pref., Ishigaki-jima Is., Takeda-rindou: 1 female on grass, 17.viii.1989, T. Nonaka & S. Okajima; 1 female on grass, 16.i.1991, S. Okajima (TUA); 6 females, host unknown, 28.iii.1998, T. Tsutsumi (FU). TAIWAN: Pintung Hsien, Kenting National Park, 1 female, 19.iii.1984, S. Okajima (TUA). nr. Taipei, Yangmingshan, 1 female, 27.iii.1993, S. Okajima (TUA).

Figures

FIGURES 18–26. Stenchaetothrips species. S. dentatus sp. n., female 18–22: (18) Head & pronotum; (19) Antenna, right; (20) Tergite II, left side; (21) Tergite V, left side; (22) Tergite VIII, sculpture omitted at left side. S. langkawiensis, female 23– 26: (23) Head & pronotum; (24) Antenna, right; (25) Tergite VI, left side; (26) Tergites VIII–X.