Species of the Genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Afro-tropical Region
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2423
1
24
journal article
48353
10.5281/zenodo.194532
b6eb43ed-05b0-490f-aa3d-2e1b27319ec3
1175-5326
194532
Thrips aurantithoracis
Hood
Thrips aurantithoracis
Hood 1932
: 135
Known only from the
holotype
female in the collections of the USNM, this species was collected in the
Cameroons
,
10.xii.1915
. According to the description, the head and pronotum are yellow, but the abdomen and forewing brown, the sternites lack discal setae, tergite VIII has a well developed posteromarginal comb of microtrichia, and antennal segment IV is about 2.4 times as long as wide. This specimen has not been reexamined, and although distinguished in the key above on colour character states, there is no good evidence that the species is distinct from
Thrips priesneri
. The image of the
holotype
metanotum (
Fig. 6
; provided by David Nickle) indicates closer striation than that of
priesneri
(
Fig. 42
).