Podothrips ferrugineus 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 : 41

Podothrips ferrugineus Okajima

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Podothrips ferrugineus Okajima, 1978: 32 .

This species was described from Peninsular Malaysia and Phuket Is., South Thailand, based on one female and two males, and is recorded here from Vietnam and Sabah, Borneo, for the first time. Contrary to the original description, antennal segment IV of this species has a small outer sense cone in addition to two major sense cones, (1+1 +1), but it is sometimes very difficult to observe. There are four species that have the head with lateral teeth on the cheeks just behind the compound eyes. Among them, two species, P. distinctus from India and P. ferrugineus , are uniformly brown species ( Ananthakrishnan 1965), but the remaining two species, P. erami from Iran and P. canizoi from India, are bicolored brown and yellow ( Minaei 2015; Bhatti 1978). From distinctus , this species can easily be distinguished by having the mid and hind tibiae brown, antennal segment IV with (1+1 +1) sense cones, the prothoracic major setae expanded except for reduced anteromarginals, and the fore wings with duplicated cilia.

Specimens examined. Peninsular Malaysia, holotype female (see Okajima 1978) . Thailand: 2 paratype males (including allotype) (see Okajima 1978) ; 1 female, Chiang Rai, on bamboo, 4.ix.1992 , SO; 16 females and 10 males, Phuket, Gu gu suri Road , on bamboo, 24.viii.1991 , TN & SO; Phuket, nr. Rawai Beach, on bamboo , 1 female and 1 male, 26.viii.1991, 8 females and 4 males on bamboo, 15.ix.1992, TN & SO. Vietnam, 1 male, Dong Nai Province, Tan Phu, Phu An , on dead leaves and branches, 29.xii.2001 , SO; 1 female, Nghe An Prov., Anh Son District, Cao Son , ca 35m alt., on bamboo, 9.viii.2007 , SO. Borneo: 1 male, Sabah, nr. Keningaw, Taman Bunsit , on bamboo, 2.ix.1990 , TN & SO.

Figures

FIGURES 241–253. Yurikoazamiuma bidens gen. et sp. nov., female.(241) whole body; (242) head and prothorax; (243) mouth cone, prosternum and mesopresternum; (244) fore tarsus; (245) metanotum; (246) pelta; (247) metathoracic sternopleural suture; (248) metafurca; (249) antennal segments VI–VIII; antennal segments III–V. Metafurca, female 251–253: (251) Podothrips ferrugineus; (252) Praepodothrips sonlae sp. nov.; (253) Androthrips graminicola sp. nov.