Apelaunothrips zonatus Okajima & Reyes

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

Apelaunothrips zonatus Okajima & Reyes

( Figs 13, 15 )

Described from 11 females and three males taken in the region of Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, the specimens listed below from Mt Mulu in northern Sarawak are here identified from the original description. This species has a particularly elongate head, and both the head and metanotum ( Fig. 13 ) bear a large number of setae. The male fore femur has a large, recurved tubercle at the base on the inner margin ( Fig. 15 ).

Specimens studied. Malaysia, Sarawak, Mulu National Park, 2 females, 1 male in lowland rainforest leaflitter, 18.ix.–18.x.1977 (B.Bolton) (in The Natural History Museum, London).

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 15. Apelaunothrips species. (9) aokii pelta & tergites II – III; (10) bogor sp. n. metanotum & pelta; (11) bogor sp. n. tergites II – III; (12) gombak sp. n. pelta & tergite II: (13) zonatus metanotum & pelta; (14) bogor sp. n. male head & fore legs; (15) zonatus male fore leg.