Phylladothrips pallidus Okajima, 1988

Dang, Lihong, An, Yiyan, Okajima, Shuji & Mound, Laurence A., 2023, Taxonomic review of the Oriental genus Phylladothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), ZooKeys 1185, pp. 241-253 : 241

Phylladothrips pallidus Okajima

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Phylladothrips pallidus Okajima, 1988: 716.

Material examined.

Paratypes, 1♀ 1♂ (SMF), China, Taiwan, Pintung Hsien , on dead leaves, 19.iii.1984 (S. Okajima) .

Comments.

Described from Kenting National Park, Taiwan on dead leaves, this species is one of the two Phylladothrips species having postocellar setae elongate and expanded at apex (Fig. 2 ), while the other one is P. bispinosus from the Philippines. However, in P. pallidus there are two pairs of wing-retaining setae on tergite VIII (Fig. 4 ) but only one pair in P. bispinosus .

Figures

Figures 2 - 5. Phylladothrips species. P. pallidus (2 - 4) 2 head and pronotum 3 antenna 4 tergites VIII-X, female; P. pictus (5) 5 tergites IX-X, male.