Yaobinthrips yangtzei, Zhang, Hongrui, Mound, Laurence A. & Xie, Yonghui, 2010

Zhang, Hongrui, Mound, Laurence A. & Xie, Yonghui, 2010, A new genus and species from southwestern China in the Frankliniella genus-group (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 2729, pp. 65-68 : 68

Yaobinthrips yangtzei sp. n.

( Figs. 1–9 )

Female. Body dark brown; all tarsi yellow, also fore tibia except at base; antennal segments III–IV and basal half of V yellow; fore wing including clavus brown, with apex pale, and sub-basal area posterior to vein also pale ( Fig. 1 ). With the character states given in the generic definition above; antennal segments III–IV short and broad, VIII longer than VII ( Fig. 3 ). Head wider than long, sculpture distinctly striate behind eyes; postocular setae minute, pair I just behind ocellar setae III ( Fig. 2 ); apparently six ventral ommatidia weakly pigmented. Pronotum with no sculpture except for three transverse lines near posterior, discal setae minute, three pairs of posteromaginal setae; inner posteroangular setae longer than outer pair. Metanotum reticulate ( Fig. 5 ). Fore wing first vein with distal four setae wider apart than their length ( Fig. 9 ). Abdominal tergum I transversely reticulate, IV–VI with sculpture lines extending to campaniform sensilla and setae S1; VI with setae S1, S2 and S3 all equally small, posteroangular setae arising mesad of the posterior angle ( Fig. 7 ); IX with two pairs of campaniform sensilla; median split on X not complete.

Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 1500. Head, length 90; width across eyes 150; ocellar setae III length 15. Pronotum, length 170; maximum width 210; posteroangular setae length, inner 60, outer 50. Metanotal median setae length 55. Fore wing length 840. Abdominal tergum IV median setae length 8; tergum X setae length 110. Antennal segments III–VIII length, 40, 38, 28, 43, 12, 20.

Male. Not known.

Material studied. Holotype female: CHINA, Sichuan Province, Yanbian County, Bailing Mountain (27°07'42"N, 101°29'33"E), from white flowers of Dalbergia yunnanensis at 1881m, 9.v.2010 (Zhang Hong-rui), in Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming.

Paratypes, 15 Ƥ, collected with holotype; paratypes deposited in Academy of Sciences, Beijing; South China Agricultural University, Guangdong; Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Yaobinthrips yangtzei gen. et sp. n. (1) Female. (2) Head. (3) Antenna. (4) Fore tibia and tarsus. (5) Meso- and metanotum.

FIGURES 6 – 9. Yaobinthrips yangtzei gen. et sp. n. (6) Prosternum and fore femora. (7) Terga VI – VIII. (8) Sternum VI. (9) Fore wing.