Bamboosiella lewisi ( Bagnall, 1921 )

Zhao, Chao, Wang, Zhaohong & Tong, Xiaoli, 2018, Three new species and three new records of the genus Bamboosiella from China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4514 (2), pp. 167-180 : 171-172

Bamboosiella lewisi ( Bagnall, 1921)

( Figs 9–12 , 41, 42 )

Mesothrips lewisi Bagnall, 1921: 366 .

Bamboosiella lewisi (Bagnall) : Okajima, 1995a: 317.

Previously this species was known only from Japan ( Okajima 2006), although it was described originally as a species of the genus Mesothrips . In this study, B. lewisi is recorded from China for the first time and all specimens were collected from the living leaves of bamboo. It belongs to the large-body group of the genus Bamboosiella . It is easily distinguished from its congeners by the following characteristics: (1) body uniformly brown except bicoloured antennae in both sexes ( Figs 41, 42 ); (2) head elongated and blunt postocular setae longer than eye ( Fig. 9 ); (3) pronotum surface smooth, am reduced to minute setae and other 4 major setae well developed with blunt apex ( Fig. 10 ) and (4) the fore femora slightly enlarged and tarsal tooth of female stronger than those in male ( Figs 11, 12 ).

Material examined. CHINA, Jiangxi: Anfu County, Taishan Town, Mt. Wugongshan , Yangshimu Valley (27°31'N, 114°15'E), 3 females, 1 male, on living leaves of bamboo, 12.viii.2016 (Zhaohong Wang). Guangdong: Nanling National Nature Reserve, Xiaohuangshan (24°53'43''N, 113°01'10''E), 4 females, on living leaves of bamboo, 24.viii.2010 (Tao Song); Shenzhen City, Mt. Wutongshan (24°24'N, 113°17'E), 2 females, on living leaves

of bamboo, 30.v.2014 (Zhaohong Wang). Hainan: Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden (18°42'35''N, 110°15'E), 3 females, on living leaves of bamboo, 15.x.2014 (Zhaohong Wang). Distribution. China (Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hainan), Japan.

Figures

FIGURES 9–12. Bamboosiella lewisi: (9) head; (10) pronotum; (11) fore leg of female; (12) fore leg of male.

FIGURES 37–44. Bamboosiella species. (37) B. brevis (female); (38) B. brevis (male); (39) B. fasciata (female); (40) B. fasciata (male); (41) B. lewisi (female); (42) B. lewisi (male); (43) B. xiphophora (female); (44) B. xiphophora (male).