Lenkothrips daedali Ulitzka, 2003: 279

Cavalleri, Adriano & Mound, Laurence A., 2014, The neotropical flower-living genus Lenkothrips (Thysanoptera, Heterothripidae): three new species and an identification key, Zootaxa 3814 (4), pp. 581-590 : 582

Lenkothrips daedali Ulitzka, 2003: 279

( Figs 1–3 )

This thrips is distinctive in having antennal segments VII–IX unusually long and slender ( Fig. 2 ), and the pronotum with pale lines of reticulation. In contrast to the original description, the fore wing of the paratypes listed below is uniformly brown, lacking a distinct sub-basal pale area ( Fig. 3 ), in contrast to the rest of Lenkothrips species. The pore plates on the abdominal sternites of males are constricted medially and occupy almost the whole of each sternite. This species is known only from the type specimens.

Material examined.

French Guiana: Les Nouragues , 1 female, 1 male paratypes, 14.ii.1998, on Heteropterys multiflora flowers ( Malpighiaceae ), M. Ulitzka ( UFRGS) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. Lenkothrips daedali. (1) female; (2) antenna; (3) fore wing.