Podothrips luteus Okajima

Okajima, Shûji & Masumoto, Masami, 2025, Some Poaceae-inhabiting Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) in East Asia, with descriptions of six new genera and 18 new species, Zootaxa 5726 (1), pp. 1-68 : 45

Podothrips luteus Okajima

( Figs 138–139 )

Podothrips luteus Okajima, 1978: 34 .

This species was described from Taiwan based on a single female, but thereafter many additional specimens including males were collected from the type locality ( Okajima 1986). It is peculiar in having the body largely yellow except for the head and apical two-thirds of the tube pale brown ( Fig. 138 ). The antennal segments III and IV with (1+1) sense cones, and segment V with (1+1 +1) sense cones. The fore wings do not have duplicated cilia in almost all individuals, despite the right fore wing has one duplicated cilium in the holotype female .

Specimens examined. Taiwan, holotype female, Pingtung Hsien, Kenting National Park , on grass, 26.v.1972, SO ; same locality and habitat, 10 female and 2 males, 18.iii.1984, 9 females and 9 males, 19.iii.1984, SO .

Figures

FIGURES 134–143. Podothrips species, female. P. bellatulus 134–135: (134) whole body; (135) head. P. bicolor 136–137: (136) whole body; (137) head. P. luteus 138–139: (138) whole body; (139) head. P. odonaspicola 140–141: (140) whole body; (141) head. P. sasacola 142–143: (142) whole body; (143) head.