Terthrothrips palmatus Wang & Tong, 2011

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

Terthrothrips palmatus Wang & Tong

( Figs. 27, 28 )

Terthrothrips palmatus Wang & Tong, 2011: 64 .

Material examined. Holotype (in SCAU). Female macroptera, CHINA, Hainan: Ledong, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve (18°44'24"N, 108°51'48"E), 31.x.1986, Xiaoli Tong . Paratypes (in SCAU). CHINA, Hainan: 2 males, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve (18°54'N, 109°40'E), 7.xii.2008, Jun Wang . 1 female and 1male, Diaoluoshan Nature Reserve (18°43'N, 109°52'E), 5.xii.2008, Wang Jun.

Distribution. China (Hainan).

Remarks. This species apparently remains known only from the type material taken from leaf-litter in Hainan, a tropical island of China ( Wang & Tong, 2011). This species is easily separated from other members of the genus by the long and stout pronotal am setae with expanded apex.

Figures

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).