Plectrothrips crassiceps (Priesner)

Dang, Li-Hong & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2014, Key to the fungus-feeder Phlaeothripinae species from China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Zoological Systematics 39 (3), pp. 313-358 : 329

3.2.66 Plectrothrips crassiceps (Priesner) ( Figs 35 , 68 , 83 )

Hammatothrips crassiceps Priesner, 1932 b: 52 .

Plectrothrips crassiceps (Priesner) : Okajima, 1981: 318.

Specimens examined. Beijing, 4 females and 2 males from Platanus orientalis L., 4 June 1982, Yun-Fa Han ( NZMC) .

Distribution. China (Beijing), Indonesia.

Remarks. Dang et al. (2014) indicated this pecies was newly recorded from China. Four females and two males were studied from Beijing, which were misidentified as P. corticinus by Yun-Fa Han. In this paper, P. crassiceps (Priesner) is illustrated.

Figures

Figs 33–36. Head and pronotum. 33. Phylladothrips pallidus. 34. Phylladothrips pictus. 35. Plectrothrips crassiceps. 36. Psephenothrips leptoceras.

Figs 67–76. Antenna. 67. Oidanothrips frontalis. 68. Plectrothrips crassiceps. 69. Preeriella armigera. 70. Psalidothrips amens. 71. Psalidothrips lewisi. 72. Psephenothrips leptoceras. 73. Pygmaeothrips angusticeps. 74. Stephanothrips kentingensis. 75. Strepterothrips orientalis. 76. Streptothrips tibialis.

Figs 77–83. Mesonotum, metanotum, mesopresternum and mid leg. 77–79. Mesonotum and metanotum. 77. Acanthothrips nodicornis. 78. Hoplothrips mainlingensis. 79. Psephenothrips leptoceras. 80–82. Mesopresternum. 80. Hoplothrips mainlingensis. 81. Hoplothrips fungosus. 82. Asianthrips orientalis. 83. Plectrothrips crassiceps, mid leg.