Amalothrips noorazlani Ng

Li, Yajin, Liu, Zhuocheng & Zhang, Hongrui, 2021, Rhamphothrips genus-group in China, with description of two new species and two new records (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 5039 (3), pp. 425-432 : 426

Amalothrips noorazlani Ng

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Ng (2015) recorded this species from grass in Malaysia, and the species is here newly recorded from China. The individuals listed below show some variation from the original description: Although one of the two females listed below has ocellar setae pair I present ( Fig. 7 ), as indicated in the original description by Ng (2015), the other female lacks this pair of setae ( Fig. 6 ).

Specimens studied. 2 females, Yunnan Province, Wenshan City, Xichou County, from Kyllinga brevifolia [ Cyperaceae ], 21.v.2018 (Hui Liu).

Figures

FIGURES 6–12. Rhamphothrips genus-group species. (6–7) Amalothrips noorazlani, Head and pronotum. (8) A. bifurcus antenna. 9–10 P. palumai: (9) Head and pronotum; (10) Pro-, meso- and metasterna.11–12 A. bifurcus: (11) Fore wing; (12) Antennal segments III–IV.