Ethirothrips yangi Wang

Okajima, Shûji & Masumoto, Masami, 2023, Six genera of the subtribe Macrothripina from Southeast Asia to Taiwan (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), Zootaxa 5291 (1), pp. 1-74 : 64

Ethirothrips yangi Wang

( Figs 186–189 )

Ethirothrips yangi Wang , in Wang et al., 2019: 102–104.

This species was originally described based on the holotype micropterous female and a paratype macropterous male from Green Island (Taidung), Taiwan. Unfortunately, both of these specimens seem to be more or less crushed by the coverslip. Through the courtesy of Dr. Chin-Ling Wang, we examined some images of the paratype male ( Figs 186–189 ). It is possibly related to E. thai in having the postocellar setae situated between the posterior ocelli, but it can be distinguished easily by the key above.

Figures

FIGURES 182–189. Ethirothrips species.E. virgulae, female 182–185: (182) Head; (183) antenna; (184) tube; (185) metanotum & pelta. E. yangi, paratype male 186–189 (these images are provided by Dr. C. L. Wang): (186) Head; (187) antennae; (188) pelta; (189) abdomen.