Haplothrips eragrostidis Priesner, 1931

Minaei, Kambiz & Mound, Laurence A., 2008, The Thysanoptera Haplothripini (Insecta: Phlaeothripidae) of Iran, Journal of Natural History 42 (41 - 42), pp. 2617-2658 : 2639

Haplothrips eragrostidis Priesner

Haplothrips eragrostidis Priesner, 1931, p. 256 .

Widespread in Egypt in the flowers of various Poaceae ( Priesner 1965) , this species was recorded from Iran by Alavi and zur Strassen (2002) from soybean fields in Golestan Province. No specimens have been studied by the present authors, and the following diagnosis is derived from Priesner (1931, 1965).

Diagnosis

Body brown to black; fore tibiae yellowish distally, fore tarsi yellow, middle and hind tarsi greyish-yellow; antennal segments I–II dark, II paler at apex, III–VI mostly yellow, VII–VIII dark; major body setae pale. Head slightly longer than broad, with postocular setae pointed; head with maxillary stylets 0.40–0.45 of head width apart, retracted to postocular setae. antennal segment III with one sensorium (cf. Figure 28 ), the other vestigial or wanting. Pronotal setae blunt or capitate. Fore tarsus with small tooth. Mesopresternum boat shaped. Forewing sub-basal setae S1 and S2 capitate, S3 pointed; forewing with four to six (usually five) duplicated cilia (cf. Figure 18 ). Pelta triangular. Tergite IX setae S1, S2 and S3 pointed. Tube very short (cf. Figure 31 ).

Figures

Figures 22–31. (22) Dolicholepta micrura female antenna; (23) Haplothrips distinguendus female antenna; (24) H. kermanensis female antenna; (25) H. maroccanus female antenna; (26) H. reuteri female antenna; (27) H. kermanensis female antennal segment III; (28) H. globiceps female antennal segment III; (29) H.?minutus female antennal segment III–IV; (30) H. leucanthemi female tergite IX and tube; (31) H. aculeatus female tergite IX and tube.

Figures 10–21. (10) Haplothrips globiceps female hind leg; (11) H. aculeatus female prosternum and mesopresternum; (12) H. subtilissimus female prosternum and mesopresternum; (13) H. tritici female prosternum and mesopresternum; (14) Neoheegeria dalmatica female prosternum and mesopresternum; (15) H. aculeatus female pelta; (16) H. tritici female pelta; (17) H. kermanensis female metanotum; (18–19) H. reuteri – 18: female forewing; 19: cilia at forewing apex; (20) Neoheegeria dalmatica female sub-basal wing setae; (21) H. globiceps female sub-basal wing setae.