Haplothrips flavitibia Williams, 1916

Minaei, Kambiz & Mound, Laurence A., 2008, The Thysanoptera Haplothripini (Insecta: Phlaeothripidae) of Iran, Journal of Natural History 42 (41 - 42), pp. 2617-2658 : 2640-2641

Haplothrips flavitibia Williams

Haplothrips flavitibia Williams, 1916, p. 283 .

Recorded from England and Germany ( Mound et al. 1976), but apparently on very few specimens, this species is closely similar to the more widespread H. globiceps from which it is distinguished in the key above. The mid and hind tibiae of H. flavitibia are clear yellow, whereas those of H. globiceps are brown in the basal third or more, but further material is needed to determine if this difference is stable. The species was recorded from Iran, in Fars, Kerman, Khorasan and Tehran Provinces ( Kheyrandish Koshkoei et al. 2000; Minaei and Alichi 2001; Alavi and Kamali 2003; Pirafkan et al. 2007), but these specimens have not been examined in the present study.

Diagnosis

Head, body, all femora and antennal segment I dark blackish-brown; tibiae and tarsi clear yellow; antennal segment II brown, paler distally, segments III– VI yellow; forewing sub-basal setae pale; pronotal setae dark; all major setae with white tip. Head slightly longer than wide; postocular setae blunt, about 0.7 as long as eyes; maxillary stylets about 0.3–0.4 of head width, retracted to postocular setae; antennal segment III with one sensorium (cf. Figure 28 ). Fore tarsal tooth apparently absent (cf. Figures 4, 5, 7 ). Pronotum with four pairs of setae, anteromarginals acute and minute, as long as discal setae. Mesopresternum boat shaped. Forewing with six to seven duplicated cilia; sub-basal setae S1, S2 blunt, S3 more or less blunt, not pointed. Pelta triangular (cf. Figure 16 ); tergite IX setae S1, S2 and S3 acute, S1 on other tergites finely pointed.

Material examined

England: Surrey, Merton , holotype female from hawthorn hedge, 6.viii.1915 (in AMG) .

Figures

Figures 22–31. (22) Dolicholepta micrura female antenna; (23) Haplothrips distinguendus female antenna; (24) H. kermanensis female antenna; (25) H. maroccanus female antenna; (26) H. reuteri female antenna; (27) H. kermanensis female antennal segment III; (28) H. globiceps female antennal segment III; (29) H.?minutus female antennal segment III–IV; (30) H. leucanthemi female tergite IX and tube; (31) H. aculeatus female tergite IX and tube.

Figures 1–9. (1) Dolicholepta micrura female head and prosternum; (2–3) Haplothrips kermanensis head and pronotum – 2: female; 3: male; (4) H. globiceps female head and pronotum; (5) H. ganglbaueri female fore leg; (6) H. maroccanus male fore leg; (7) H. subtilissimus female head and pronotum; (8–9) H. tritici fore leg – 8: female from Noorabad on barley; 9: male from Karaj on wheat.

Figures 10–21. (10) Haplothrips globiceps female hind leg; (11) H. aculeatus female prosternum and mesopresternum; (12) H. subtilissimus female prosternum and mesopresternum; (13) H. tritici female prosternum and mesopresternum; (14) Neoheegeria dalmatica female prosternum and mesopresternum; (15) H. aculeatus female pelta; (16) H. tritici female pelta; (17) H. kermanensis female metanotum; (18–19) H. reuteri – 18: female forewing; 19: cilia at forewing apex; (20) Neoheegeria dalmatica female sub-basal wing setae; (21) H. globiceps female sub-basal wing setae.