Ophthalmothrips faurei (Ananthakrishnan)

Minoura, Kazushige & Mound, Laurence A., 2019, The world species of Ophthalmothrips Hood (Thysanoptera; Phlaeothripidae), with new records from Africa, China and Japan, Zootaxa 4623 (3), pp. 555-562 : 559

Ophthalmothrips faurei (Ananthakrishnan)

( Figs 4, 8, 11 )

Fulgorothrips faurei Ananthakrishanan, 1964: 96 –97.

Pyrgothrips faurei (Ananthakrishnan) : Haga, 1975: 269.

This species has much a longer preocular projection than its congeners apart from conocephalus , and previously has been known only from India. It is here newly recorded both from China and Japan.

Specimens examined. INDIA, Tambaram , 3 males, 1 female from grass, 24-iii-65 (in BMNH and SMF) ; Madras , from grass, 1 female 4-iii-67, 1 female, 15-ii-66 (in BMNH) . CHINA, Guilin, Yaoshan , 1 female, ix-1980, P.W.Hammond (in ANIC) . JAPAN, Ryukyus, Ishigaki Is, Okinawa, Ishigaki-shi Ohkawa , 2 males, 5 females on grass, 26-ix-2014 & 28-iii-2016, K. Minoura .

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Ophthalmothrips species. Head, 1–4: (1) amyae females; (2) breviceps male; (3) conocephalus female from Madagascar; (4) faurei female from Japan. (5) amyae female tergite III. Male fore tibia and tarsus 6–8: (6) amyae; (7) conocephalus; (8) faurei. (9) amyae female pelta; (10) conocephalus male pelta and tergite II; (11) faurei male pelta; (12) conocephalus male interocellar setae.