Glyptothrips floridensis ( Stannard, 1955 )

Lindner, Mariana Flores, Ferrari, Augusto, Lima, Élison Fabrício Bezerra & Cavalleri, Adriano, 2023, Morphological identification of Glyptothrips species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 5375 (1), pp. 31-57 : 45-46

Glyptothrips floridensis ( Stannard, 1955)

( Figs 28–30 )

This species seems to share some similarities with G. claviger , and both species are differentiated in comments under the latter. Apparently it is the only species within Glyptothrips where the body is mostly dark brown and the lateral head setae similar to the PO setae in being thick and capitate. However, in one observed specimen from the type series, the head lateral setae are not as developed ( Fig. 29 ) as Stannard (1955) illustrated for the holotype. The pronotal AA setae also arise closer to the reduced AM, a trait seen elsewhere only in the lighter-coloured G. flavescens and G. interior .

Known wing forms: micropterous.

Specimens studied. Holo- or Paratype one ♂; United States of America, Florida, Everglades National Park, Long Pine Key Hammock , from forest leaf mould, 24.xii.1952 (Richards & Stannard), at INHS .

One ♀ (listed as “ paratype ” in the slide label, but not mentioned in the original description); United States of America, Florida, Gainesville , from damp leaves along stream in Catarata Glen. 1.xii.1926? or 12.i.1926? (D.M. Bates), at INHS .

Figures

FIGURES 28–30. Glyptothrips floridensis, male from type series. (28) Male. (29) Head and prothorax. (30) Abdominal segments VI–X, ventral view; sternite VIII with a subbasal pore plate.