Praeciputhrips Reyes

Dang, Li-Hong, Mound, Laurence A. & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2014, Conspectus of the Phlaeothripinae genera from China and Southeast Asia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 3807 (1), pp. 1-82 : 66

Praeciputhrips Reyes

( Fig. 81 )

Praeciputhrips Reyes, 1994: 465 . Type species: Praeciputhrips balli Reyes , by monotypy.

The only species in this genus, balli Reyes ( Fig. 81 ), was described from the Philippines based on three females and three males. A member of the Liothrips- lineage, it is similar to Manothrips , Gemmathrips , and Rosingothrips in having the eyes with a few posterior ommatidia enlarged, but has longer maxillary stylets. The species is presumably leaf-feeding.

Diagnosis: Head longer than wide ( Fig. 81 ); eyes normal, with enlarged posterior ommatidia, postocular setae well-developed; stylets retracted to postocular setae, close together medially; antennae 8-segmented, III with 1 sensorium, IV with 3; pronotum with 5 pairs of developed setae, notopleural sutures incomplete; basantra absent; mesopresternum transverse; sternopleural sutures absent; fore tarsal tooth absent in both sexes; fore wings parallelsided, with duplicated cilia; pelta triangular; tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of wing-retaining setae; tube with straight sides, shorter than head, anal setae slightly longer than tube; male sternite VIII without pore plate.

Figures

FIGURES 80–83. Phlaeothripinae genera. Head & pronotum 80–83: (80) Ponticulothrips diospyrosi; (81) Praeciputhrips balli; (82) Rosingothrips ommatus; (83) Sphingothrips trachypogon.