Holopothrips fulvus Morgan

Lindner, Mariana F., Ferrari, Augusto, Mound, Laurence A. & Cavalleri, Adriano, 2018, Holopothrips diversity-a Neotropical genus of gall-inducing insects (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4494 (1), pp. 1-99 : 39-40

Holopothrips fulvus Morgan

( Figs 78–82 )

Holopothrips fulvus Morgan 1929: 6 .

Holopothrips anacardii Hood, 1942: 581 .

Diagnostic features. Body mostly yellow with head bicoloured and abdominal segments IX–X brown; head cheeks rounded, po setae reduced or absent, maxillary stylets parallel; one pair of long setae on epimeral region; metanotal sculpture formed by broad reticles, without internal markings; pelta with broad reticles, without internal markings; males with three pore plates on sternite VIII; female spermatheca weakly swollen medially.

Comments. Another species with a striking bicoloured body, H. fulvus was described from Bahia, Brazil, on cotton, and recorded subsequently (as H. anacardii ) damaging Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae) and Caryocar villosum (Caryocaraceae) ( Mound & Marullo 1996; Lima et al. 2017). We studied some type specimens of the synonymous H. anacardii in this work. A detailed and illustrated redescription of this species is provided by Lima et al. (2017).

Material studied. 1 male paratype ( H. anacardii ); Brazil, Bahia, in Anacardium occidentale leaves, (Bondar, G.), at NMNH. Slide with code “691”.

Non-type specimen: 2 female topotypes ( H. anacardii ); Brazil, Bahia (Bondar, G.), at BMNH and NMNH. Slides with codes “1292” and “Bondar, 691”.

Figures

FIGURES 75–87. Holopothrips ferrisi, H. fulvus and H. graminis. 75–77. Holopothrips ferrisi: (75) head and pronotum; (76) mesonotum and part of metanotum; (77) pore plates on abdominal sternites VII–VIII; 78–82. Holopothrips fulvus, H. anacardii synonymy paratype and topotypes: (78) body; (79) head and pronotum; (80) metanotum and pelta; (81) spermatheca; (82) pore plates on abdominal sternite VIII; 83–87. Holopothrips graminis paratype: (83) head and pronotum; (84) mesonotum and metanotum; (85) prosternum showing chitinous islets (white arrows); (86) pelta; (87) spermatheca.