Gigantothrips pontis (Reyes)

Dang, Lihong, Mound, Laurence & Zhang, Hongrui, 2023, Review of the genus Gigantothrips Zimmermann from China and Southeast Asia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae), ZooKeys 1169, pp. 221-234 : 221

Gigantothrips pontis (Reyes)

Figs 3 , 26

Gynaikothrips pontis Reyes, 1996: 112.

Material examined.

Holotype, 1♀ (ANIC), the Philippines, Luzon , on Ficus pseudopalma , i.1985, C.P. Reyes . Paratype, 1♂ (ANIC), with the same data as holotype .

Comments.

Described from Luzon, the Philippines, taken on Ficus pseudopalma , this species was newly combined to the genus Gigantothrips together with another Philippines species, G. xynos , based on the typical character state of the numerous pairs of tergal wing-retaining setae ( Dang et al. 2014). The tube is relatively short, but is longer than head and has some fine setae. The type specimens of both of these species have numerous fine setae present on tergites VII-VIII medially and laterally (Figs 26 , 27 ), but with no sigmoid setae. G. pontis is closely similar to G. tibialis with all tibiae clear yellow which is easy to distinguish from other Gigantothrips species.

Figures

Figures 1 - 6. Gigantothrips spp. Head and pronotum (1, 2) 1 G. tibialis 2 G. gallicola; head, pronotum and fore leg (3) 3 G. pontis; tergite IV (4) 4 G. xynos; tergites IX-X (5, 6) 5 G. gallicola 6 G. xynos.

Figures 26 - 33. Gigantothrips spp. Tergites VIII-IX (26, 27) 26 G. pontis 27 G. xynos; pore plate on male sternite VIII (28 - 30) 28 G. yunnanensis sp. nov. 29 G. tibetanus sp. nov. 30 G. nigrodentatus; right side of male sternite VII (31) 31 G. tibetanus sp. nov.; tergite IX and tube (32, 33) 32 G. tibetanus sp. nov. 33 G. yunnanensis sp. nov.