Bangithrips mei, Mound & Ng, 2018

Mound, L. A. & Ng, Y. F., 2018, Autapomorphies in the generic classification of Plectrothripini (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), with a new genus and a new record from Malaysia, Zootaxa 4402 (2), pp. 390-394 : 392

Bangithrips mei sp.n. ( Figs 5–11 )

Female macroptera. Head, thorax and abdomen brown, tube and apex of tergite IX much paler; antennal segments II and VIII paler than segments I and III–VII; mid and hind tibiae and tarsi clear yellow; major setae all pale; fore wing uniformly light brown. With the character states in the generic diagnosis.

Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 1950 (slightly contracted). Head, length 250; width medially 170; postocular setae 95. Pronotum, length 210; width 220; epimeral setae 120; coxal setae 125. Fore wing length 1000; sub-basal setae 25 and 35; 14 duplicated cilia. Tergite VIII median dorsal setae 115. Tergite IX setae, S1 25; S2 30; S3 35. Tube length 70; maximum width 55. Antennal segments I–VIII length, 50, 50, 55, 50, 50, 45, 50, 70.

Specimens studied. Holotype female macroptera, Peninsular Malaysia, Selangor, Kota Damansara , in malaise trap, vi.2011 (Ng, Y.F. & Nicholas), in the Natural History Museum, London.

Paratype: one female collected with holotype, in Centre for Insect Systematics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Figures

FIGURES5–11. Bangithrips mei. (5)head &pronotum;(6)antenna; (7) pro-& mesosterna;(8) meso-& metanota,pelta &tergite II; (9)sternites VIII–X; (10) tergites VIII–X; (11)fore leg.