Liothrips heptapleurinus Priesner

Liothrips heptapleurinus Priesner, 1935: 360 .

Described from Taiwan on Heptapleurum sp., and also recorded from Ryukyu islands, Japan on leaves of H. heptaphyllum ( Schefflera octophylla in Okajima 2006). This thrips species could not be distinguished satisfactorily from L. heptapleuricola, that also is recorded in Taiwan from leaf galls on the same plant genus (Takahashi 1937). However, according to the redescription of L. heptapleurinus by Okajima (2006), it is different in having the pelta with a pair of CPS but no tiny setae, and the postocular setae longer than eyes. No slide of this species has been seen, but it is placed in the above key based on Okajima’s clear redescription.