Trichromothrips albus (Bhatti)

Li, Yajin, Li, Zhengyue & Zhang, Hongrui, 2019, Trichromothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species and ten new records, Zootaxa 4544 (1), pp. 79-92 : 81

Trichromothrips albus (Bhatti)

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Collected originally in India from fern, none of the specimens collected in China and listed below were from fern. This species belongs to hospes section, but the brown head with a long neck-like constriction behind the eyes, and abdominal tergites pale without any sculpture ( Figs 3 , 40 ), are different from other members of that section.

Specimens examined. China, Guizhou , Tongren City, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve , 2 females from Euscaphis japonica and 1 female from bamboo, 11.viii.2017 (Yajin Li); Anlong County, Xianheping National Forest Park, 1 female from Setaria plicata , 31.viii.2016 (Xueqiang Yan).

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Trichromothrips genus-group species. Trichromothrips species 1–11: (1) T. moundi female. (2) T. moundi male. (3) T. albus. female (4) T. guizhouensis sp.n. female (5) T. indicus female. (6) T. elegans female. (7) T. elegans male. (8) T. trifasciatus female. (9) T. crispator female. (10) T. antidesmae sp.n. female. (11) T. assamensis female. (12) Trachynotothrips striatus female.

FIGURES 40–50. Trichromothrips genus-group species. (40) T. albus head and pronotum. (41) T. indicus male abdominal sternites III–VII. (42) T. elegans male abdominal tergites VIII–X. (43) Laplothrips bicolor fore wing. (44) T. falcus fore wing. (45) T. trifasciatus fore wing. (46) T. indicus fore wing. (47) Trachynotothrips striatus antennae. (48) T. falcus antennae. (49) T. trifasciatus antennae. (50) O. bhattii abdominal tergite IV.