Apelaunothrips flavicornis Okajima

Mound, Laurence A., 2013, Species diversity in the Palaeotropical leaf-litter genus Apelaunothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 3741 (1), pp. 181-193 : 190

Apelaunothrips flavicornis Okajima

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The specimens listed below are identified from the original description that was based on over 60 specimens taken mostly from “half dead grass” on Mindanao, the Philippines. The sculpture on the vertex is essentially similar to that of consimilis , to which species flavicornis is presumably related judging from the key to species above. The base of antennal segment VIII does not have a constricted neck in this species ( Fig. 19 ).

Specimens studied. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 30 miles east, 5 females, 1 male with larvae from grass, 28.ix.1973 (LAM) (in The Natural History Museum, London).

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 22. Apelaunothrips species, antennae. (16) bogor sp. n.; (17) consimilis; (18) desleyae sp. n.; (19) flavicornis; (20) gombak sp. n.; (21) madrasensis; (22) medioflavus.