Liothrips kuwayamai (Moulton)

(Figs 54–59)

Gynaikothrips kuwayamai Moulton, 1928a: 302 .

Described originally from a single female taken on an unknown plant at Koshun, Taiwan, 25.xi.1926, the following description is based on the female indicated below.

Female macroptera. Body length about 4 mm. Color brown, antennal segments I and II dark brown, same colour as head, III yellow, IV–V mostly yellow with distal ends darker, VI yellow with distal end greyish brown, VII and VIII dark brown; all femora brown, fore tibiae brownish yellow, mid and hind tibiae brown, all tarsi yellow; fore wings hyaline; major body setae brown.

Head 1.7 times as long as wide (Fig. 54), po setae near middle of dorsum, blunt and as long as eyes; maxillary stylets retracted to middle of head, nearly to po setae, close together medially; antennal segments III and IV each twice as long as segment II (Fig. 59); pronotum with 2 pairs of aa setae that are as short as discal setae, and less than half length of aa setae (Fig. 55); mesopresternum boat-shaped, with irregular median protrusion (Fig. 56); metanotal sculpture dense and longitudinal; pelta triangular (Fig. 57); tergite II laterally with 2 accessary setae (Fig. 58); tube shorter than head.

Specimen examined. Taiwan, Karapin (Chiayi), 1 female from Viburnum a rboricolum, 17.iv.1928 (Takahashi) .