Mesothrips claripennis Moulton, 1928

Dang, Lihong, Tong, Xiaoli & Mound, Laurence A., 2024, New synonymy among gall thrips of the Asian genus Mesothrips, with revision of species from China (Thysanoptera, Haplothripini), ZooKeys 1196, pp. 121-138 : 121

Mesothrips claripennis Moulton

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Mesothrips claripennis Moulton, 1928a: 315.

Material examined.

1♀, China, Yunnan, Lincang, Cangyuan , from grasses, 8.vi.2021 (SNUT) ; 1♂, Guangdong (SCAU) ; 1♂, Hainan, Zhanxian , 11.vi.1981 (SCAU) ; 1♀, Hainan, Danzhou , from gall of Aporosa dioica [ Phyllanthaceae ], 2.xi.2014, Shulan Yang (SCAU) ; 1♀, Guangxi, Nanning , from Ficus sp. [ Moraceae ], 11.vii.1986, Weiqiu Zhang (SCAU) ; 1♂, Guangxi, Longzhou , 27.vii.1985, Weiqiu Zhang (SCAU) .

Comments.

Described from China on a single female taken on an unknown plant by Takahashi, 30.xii.1926 at "Kannonzan, Formosa", it was subsequently taken by that collector from other localities and recorded rolling the leaves of Bladhia sieboldia ( Takahashi 1936). Bladhia is now recognised as a synonym of the Primulaceae genus, Ardisia , and Okajima (2006) recorded the thrips from leaf rolls on this plant on the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. This species has a smaller body (~ 2.5 mm) in comparison to most Mesothrips , and the fore wings are entirely pale. The specimens listed above are identified as M. claripennis from the description in Okajima (2006).

Figures

Figures 14 - 25. Mesothrips spp. Meso- and metanotum (14 - 15) 14 M. jianfengi sp. nov. 15 M. longistylus sp. nov.; M. longistylus sp. nov. (16 - 17) 16 pelta 17 tergites III-IV; fore wings (18 - 20) 18 M. jordani 19 M. vitripennis 20 M. longistylus sp. nov., sub-basal setae of forewing; tergites II-III (21 - 23) 21 M. vernicia sp. nov., tergite III 22 M. jordani 23 M. claripennis; tergites IX-X (24 - 25) 24 M. longistylus sp. nov. 25 M. vernicia sp. nov.