Gigantothrips xynos (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 xynos (Reyes)

Figs 4 , 6 , 27

Gynaikothrips xynos Reyes, 1996: 118.

Material examined.

Holotype, 1♀ (ANIC), the Philippines, Leyte, on Euphorbia hirta , 14.vi.1984, C.P. Reyes . Paratype, 1♀ (ANIC), with the same data as holotype .

Comments.

This is the third species of Gigantothrips recorded from the Philippines, and was taken on Euphorbia hirta . It has tergite IX setae S1-S3 a little shorter than the tube (Fig. 6 ), which is unique in comparison with other Gigantothrips species that have these setae much shorter than their tubes.

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.