Enneothrips fulbrightae, Vieira & O’Donnell & Lima, 2024

Vieira, Daniel Elizeu, O’Donnell, Cheryle A. & Lima, Élison Fabrício B., 2024, Enneothrips Hood: a Neotropical genus of leaf-feeding thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with generic diagnosis and four new species, Zootaxa 5397 (4), pp. 563-577 : 573

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.4.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:01C01865-63E1-4DA9-812A-994129968DEC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10469162
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D3987BD-F14C-FFC6-FF3F-1EB1C440FA63
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Enneothrips fulbrightae
status	sp. nov.

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Enneothrips fulbrightae sp. n.

( Figs 10, 11 View FIGURES 1–16 , 22, 32 View FIGURES 17–34 , 42 View FIGURES 35–43 , 52 View FIGURES 44–59 , 60 View FIGURES 60–66 , 69 View FIGURES 67–70 )

Female macroptera. Body color brown ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 1–16 ). Antennal segments I–II brown, III light brown with pale base, IV brown with light brown extreme base, V–IX brown ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 17–34 ). Femora brown, except for base of mid femur; tibiae yellow with brown area medially. Fore wing brown, with basal quarter pale ( Fig. 52 View FIGURES 44–59 ). Ocellar triangle with transverse lines of sculpture, ocellar setae III just outside the triangle; posterior area of head transversely striate ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 17–34 ); mouth cone not surpassing prosternum. Pronotum transversely striate ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 17–34 ). Mesonotum transversely striate, about 20 lines of sculpture. Metanotum transversely striate anteriorly and reticulate posteriorly, with internal markings inside reticles ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 35–43 ). Abdominal tergites II–VII with around 20 transverse lines of sculpture on lateral thirds ( Fig. 60 View FIGURES 60–66 ); II–VII with posteromarginal comb of microtrichia incomplete medially, VIII with complete comb of microtrichia.

Measurements— holotype in microns: Body length 1400. Head length 75, width 125; Pronotum, length 105, width 160. Fore wing, length 600; antennal segments I–IX length, respectively 18, 32, 40, 40, 38, 38, 12, 10, 15.

Male macroptera. Similar to female, but smaller ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 1–16 ). Broad transverse opening close to antecostal ridge of abdominal sternite III associated with subcutaneous gland situated between sternites II–III ( Fig. 69 View FIGURES 67–70 ).

Measurements— paratype in microns: Body length 930. Head, length 70, width 105; Pronotum, length 85, width 135. Fore wing, length 540; antennal segments I–IX length, respectively 18, 20, 27, 30, 35, 32, 10, 10, 27.

Etymology. The species is named after the Fulbright Commission (feminine noun in Latin) in view of its continuous support to science in general and to the support provided for the research to describe this new species.

Material studied: Female holotype: Brazil. Acre: Rio Branco, unidentified host, vii.2019 (E.F.B.Lima & E.A.Miyasato col.) ( CHNUFPI). Paratypes. Brazil. Acre: Rio Branco , five females and one male collected with the holotype (E.F.B.Lima & E.A.Miyasato col.) ( CHNUFPI) .

Comments: Enneothrips fulbrightae sp. n. resembles E. fuscus and E. subtilis in general body color and in sharing the sculpture on the ocellar triangle. However, E. fulbrightae differs from E. fuscus in lacking microtrichia on the lateral transverse lines of sculpture on abdominal tergites I–VIII; with antennal segments III–V darker than E. fuscus . The new species differs from E. subtilis , by metanotum reticulate posteriorly with internal markings ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 35–43 ), in contrast to longitudinal striation on metanotum posteriorly, without internal markings ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 44–59 ). Moreover, the head of the new species also has dense lines of sculpture as compared to E. subtilis .