Psalidothrips amens Priesner

Zhao, Chao, Zhang, Hongrui & Tong, Xiaoli, 2018, Species of the fungivorous genus Psalidothrips Priesner from China, with five new species (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), ZooKeys 746, pp. 25-50 : 28

Psalidothrips amens Priesner

Psalidothrips amens Priesner, 1932: 62.

Comments.

This is the type species of the genus, and was based on a single female from Java, Indonesia. It belongs to the group that have antennal segments III–IV each with three sense cones. Two females listed here are identified as P. amens based on the original description and the key in Mound (1970). Wang et al. (2007) mentioned that a single male of P. amens was recorded from Hainan, China. We examined that slide-mounted specimen, labelled as the male of P. amens by Wang et al. (2007), and consider that it represents the male of P. latizonus sp. n., described below. In China, P. amens is found, so far, only from Hainan.

Distribution.

China (Hainan); Indonesia (Java).