Bamboosiella varia (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish)

Dang, Li-Hong & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2016, Species of the Poaceae-associated genus Bamboosiella (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from China, with three new species, Zootaxa 4184 (3), pp. 541-552 : 551

Bamboosiella varia (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish)

( Figs 8 , 32 , 52 , 64 )

Xylaplothrips varius Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1969: 132 .

Antillothrips varius (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish) : Pitkin, 1976: 235.

Bamboosiella varia (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish) : Okajima, 1995b: 478; Okajima, 2006: 210. Sha et al., 2003: 347.

This species was originally described from Adur, India on Areca twig, and recorded from Thailand, Indonesia and China. Okajima (1995b) was responsible for the new combination, Bamboosiella varia , based on a large number of specimens including some from the Philippines and Japan. In this paper, 21 females and 8 males from China were studied.

Material studied. CHINA, Yunnan: 11 females and 4 males from grass, 1–29.iv.1997, Yun-fa Han ; 2 females and 1 male from grass, 27.iii.1997, Yun-fa Han; 1 female from Cymbopogon , 17.iv.1997, Yun-fa Han; 1 female from grass, 20.xi.1988, Yun-fa Han; Henan : 6 females and 2 males from sheath of bamboo, 12.vii.1985, Yun-fa Han; Hainan : 1 male, 18.v.1983, Mao-bin Shuo.

Distribution. China (Henan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan), Japan, India.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. Head, pronotum & fore legs: 7. semiflava; 8. varia; 9. magnus sp. n.; 10. longisetis sp. n.; 11. antennatus sp. n. Tergites IX – X: 12. antennatus sp. n.

FIGURES 29 – 46. Antenna: 29. bicoloripes; 30. cingulata; 31. flavescens; 32. varia. Mesopresternum: 33. bicoloripes; 34. fasciata; 35. flavescens; 36. semiflava; 37. magnus sp. n.; 38. longisetis sp. n.; 39. antennatus sp. n. Base of fore wing: 40. bicoloripes; 41. fasciata; 42. flavescens; 43. semiflava; 44. magnus sp. n.; 45. longisetis sp. n.; 46. antennatus sp. n.

FIGURES 47 – 54. Tergites IX – X of female: 47. bicoloripes; 48. cingulata; 49. fasciata; 50. flavescens; 51. nayari; 52. varia; 53. magnus sp. n.; 54. longisetis sp. n.

FIGURES 55 – 66. Body: 55. magnus sp. n.; 56. fasciata; 57. bicoloripes; 58. antennatus sp. n.; 59. exastis; 60. flavescens; 61. semiflava; 62. longisetis sp. n.; 63. nayari; 64. varia; 65. holotype of ‘ brevibristla ’; 66. paratype of ‘ brevibristla ’.