Ophthalmothrips amyae (Jacot-Guillarmod)

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 : 557

Ophthalmothrips amyae (Jacot-Guillarmod)

( Figs 1, 5, 6, 9 )

Derothrips amyae Jacot-Guillarmod, 1940: 135 .

Known only from South Africa, this species has a much shorter preocular projection ( Fig. 1 ) than its congeners. Pelta broadly hat-shaped ( Fig. 9 ), wing-retaining setae small and not sigmoid ( Fig. 5 ). Female with tergite IX setae S1 slightly longer than tube, sharply pointed at apex. Male brachypterous, female brachypterous or macropterous.

Specimens examined. SOUTH AFRICA, SW Grahamstown, on the farm Atherstone , 1 male (brachypterous), 1 female (macropterous), iii-1973, C.F. Jacot-Guillarmod (in BMNH) .

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.