Liothrips takahashii (Moulton)

Wang, Chin-Ling & Lin, Feng-Chyi, 2020, Genera and species of the Liothrips lineage (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4861 (3), pp. 349-375 : 366-367

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.3.3

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4426285

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Liothrips takahashii (Moulton)
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Liothrips takahashii (Moulton) View in CoL

( Figs 72–77 View FIGURES 72–77 )

Gynaikothrips takahashii Moulton, 1928b: 313 View in CoL Female macroptera. Body length 3.5–3.8 mm. Color brown, antennal segments I and II dark brown, same colour as head, III yellow with distal end brownish, IV–VI brown with basal 1/4–1/3 yellow, VII and VIII dark brown; fore femora brown, fore tibiae brownish yellow, mid and hind femora and tibiae brown, all tarsi yellow; fore wings pale brown with a darker stripe; major body setae brown.

Head 1.6 times as long as wide ( Fig. 72 View FIGURES 72–77 ), po setae longer than eyes; maxillary stylets retracted only to posterior third of head, moderately separated; antennal segment III 1.8 times as long as segment II, segment IV 1.9 times as long as II ( Fig.77 View FIGURES 72–77 ). Pronotum with 5 pairs of long setae ( Fig. 73 View FIGURES 72–77 ), aa setae and am setae about same length, ml setae longer, epim and pa setae longest, about equal to pronotum length; mesopresternum divided into 2 parts ( Fig. 74 View FIGURES 72–77 ); metanotal sculpture dense and longitudinal; pelta triangular ( Fig. 75 View FIGURES 72–77 ); tergite II laterally with 8–11 accessary setae ( Fig. 76 View FIGURES 72–77 ); tube shorter than head.

Specimens examined. Taiwan, Taihoku (Taipei), 2 females, 2 males paratypes from Ficus retusa , 12.iii.1922 (Takahashi) ; Wuzhi Mt. (Taipei), 4 females from Ficus , 15.xii.1993 . Nanshi (Taichung), 3 females, 2 males from Liquidambar , iii.1995 .

Comments. Compared to other species, females of takahashi have a greater number of accessary setae laterally on tergite II, although the number may be less in males.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Thysanoptera

Family

Phlaeothripidae

Genus

Liothrips

Loc

Liothrips takahashii (Moulton)

Wang, Chin-Ling & Lin, Feng-Chyi 2020
2020
Loc

Gynaikothrips takahashii

Moulton, D. 1928: 313
1928
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