Teuchothrips kraussi (Bournier)

Mound, Laurence A. & Goldarazena, Arturo, 2022, Antennal sense cone variation in Teuchothrips species of New Caledonia, with one new generic combination (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 5124 (2), pp. 238-244 : 240-241

Teuchothrips kraussi (Bournier)

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Oncothrips kraussi Bournier, 1993: 363 .

This species was described from the female holotype plus eight females and five males, taken in rolled leaves of an unidentified plant at Mont Koghi just north of Noumea, New Caledonia. Transferred to Teuchothrips by Bournier and Mound (2000), it is an unremarkable member of that genus although with antennae that are extensively yellow. For this study, one female and one male paratypes were obtained on loan from Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Heads of paratypes of Teuchothrips species. (1) cleistanthi; (2) kraussi; (3) ornatus; (4) noumeaensis.