Terthrothrips parvus Okajima, 2006

Tong, Xiaoli, 2017, Two new species and a new record of the fungivorous genus Terthrothrips from China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4323 (4), pp. 561-571 : 565-566

Terthrothrips parvus Okajima

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Terthrothrips parvus Okajima, 2006: 616 .

Material examined. Female macroptera, CHINA, Guizhou: 4 females and 1 male, Jiangkou County, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Heiwanhe (27°46'N, 108°48'E), 3.viii.2014, Guoru Ren ; 4 females and 4 males, Libo County, Weng’ang (25°25'N, 107°91'E), 21.vii.2015, Zhaohong Wang . Guangdong: 1 female and 1 male, Yingde City, Shimentai Nature Reserve (24°41'N, 113°31'E), 10.iv.2002, Zhiwei Li ; 1 female 1male, Conghua City, Shimen National Forest Park (23°32'N, 113°32'E), 19.ix.2004, Jun Wang . Yunnan: 1 female Xishuangbanna, Mengla, Tropical Botanical Garden (21°27'N, 101°34'E), 22.xi.1993, Weiqiu Zhang . Hainan: 1 female and 4 males, Ledong County, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve (18°44'N, 108°51'E), 31.x.1986, Xiaoli Tong ; 1 female, Diaoluoshan National Natrue Reserve (18°43'N, 109°52'E), 5.xii.2008, Jun Wang.

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan); Japan.

Remarks. Although described from Japan (Okajima 2006), this species has been found widely in China ( Wang & Tong 2011; Dang & Qiao 2014). According to the original description, this species has 2 sense cones on antennal segment III (Okajima 2006). However, Dang & Qiao (2014) indicated that this species has 3 sense cones on antennal segment III based on examination of two paratypes and Taiwan specimens. In this study, we also found that there are 3 sense cones on antennal segment III in the specimens collected from mainland China. However, on these specimens some characters are slightly different from the original description of T. parvus . For example, the eyes are slightly longer (approximately one-third of head length in original description), pronotal am variable in length but not longer than ocellar setae, which is similar to the diagram by Dang & Qiao (cf. Dang & Qiao 2014: fig 50) but almost invisible in original description.

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FIGURES 25 – 32. Terthrothrips species. (25) T. apterus (female), (26) T. apterus (male); (27) T. palmatus (female), (28) T. palmatus (male); (29) T. parvus (female), (30) T. parvus (male); (31) T. strasseni (female), (32) T. strasseni (male).