Hydatothrips ( Neohydatothrips ) samayunkur Kudo, 1995: 169
Hydatothrips and Neohydatothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of East and South Asia with three new species from Taiwan
Wang, Chin-Ling
Zootaxa
2007
2007-09-05
1575
1
47
68
46JJW
Kudo
Kudo
[151,587,1591,1617]
Insecta
Thripidae
Neohydatothrips
Animalia
Thysanoptera
15
62
Arthropoda
species
samayunkur
( Fig. 9)
Hydatothrips( Neohydatothrips) samayunkur Kudo, 1995: 169 Female macropterous: Body generally brown, median of abdominal tergites I–III and tergites IV–VI paler. Antennal segments I & II brown, III–V yellowish with apical brown area more significant posteriorly, VI– VIII brown. Forewing with sub-basal, median and apical paler areas.. Ocellar setae III situated outside of ocellar triangle. Occiput apodeme with a distance to posterior margin of eyes. Pronotum with weak reticles outside of blotch, blotch with dense transverse striae. Forewing second vein without seta, posterior comb on abdominal segements II–VI lacking in the median, tergite VII and VIII with posterior comb complete. Sternites without discal setae.
Specimens examined: TAIWAN, Nantou: Hsin-I, 15 females on Tagetes patula(marigold), 18-i-2000; Nantou: Rnai, 23 females on Artemisia capillaris, 25-i-2002; Nantou: Chingjing, 10 females on Artemisia capillaris, 1-ii-2002. FIGURE 9. Neohydatothrips samayunkur: A. head; B. pronotum; C. meso- and metanotum; D. abdominal tergites VI– VIII. Remarks: This thrips was found at high densities on its host plant, and the leaves turned to a gray color. Its distribution includes Asia, Central and South America, Australia( Nakahara, 1999). The reported hosts were all marigolds ( Tagetes erecta, T. minutaand Tagetesspp.). This is the first record of the species from plants of the genus Artemisia(Asteraceae).
[463,1432,1874,1900]
2000-01-18
Taiwan
Nantou
16
63
15
15
Nantou
[151,884,1914,1940]
2002-01-25
Taiwan
Rnai
16
63
23
23
Nantou
2002-02-01
Taiwan
Chingjing
16
63
10
10
Nantou