Apelaunothrips ocularis Okajima

Mound, Laurence A., 2013, Species diversity in the Palaeotropical leaf-litter genus Apelaunothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 3741 (1), pp. 181-193 : 192

Apelaunothrips ocularis Okajima

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Described from 10 females and four males from the Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, Malaysia, the two specimens listed below are identified from that original description. The vertex lacks sculpture, antennal segment III is largely yellow but is distinctively shaded on the basal third, and antennal segment VIII has a short basal neck. The compound eyes are prolonged ventrally in females ( Fig. 8 ) but less so in the male.

Specimens studied. Malaysia, Genting Highlands, 1 female, 1 male in leaf-litter, 29.ix.1973 (LAM) (in The Natural History Museum, London).

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 8. Apelaunothrips species, head & pronotum. (5) madrasensis; (6) medioflavus from East Timor; (7) desleyae sp. n.; (8) ocularis ventral surface of head.