Agynaikothrips Okajima

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 : 17

Agynaikothrips Okajima

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Agynaikothrips Okajima, 2006: 157 . Type species: Agynaikothrips okinawaensis Okajima.

Only two species are included in this genus, one from southern Japan and the other from Taiwan. The genus is related to Gynaikothrips and Gigantothrips in the Liothrips- lineage, but is distinguished by the long maxillary stylets that are close together medially ( Fig. 3 ).

Diagnosis: Body sculptured dorsally; head much longer than wide ( Fig. 3 ); eyes normal, postocular setae usually reduced, mid-dorsal setae slightly developed; stylets retracted to just behind eyes, close together medially; antennae 8-segmented, III with 1 sensorium, IV usually with 3 (or 2); pronotum usually with ml and epim setae developed, weakly expanded apically, notopleural sutures complete; basantra absent; mesopresternum boat-shaped; sternopleural sutures absent; fore tarsal tooth present in both sexes; fore wings parallel-sided, with duplicated cilia; pelta triangular; tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of wing-retaining setae; tergite IX with S1 and S2 short and expanded, shorter than one third of tube; tube much longer than head, straight sides with fine setae on the surface, anal setae short; male sternite VIII with pore plate.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Phlaeothripinae genera. (1) Ablemothrips maxillatus, antenna, head, pronotum & fore leg; (2) Acanthothrips nodicornis, head & fore leg; (3) Agynaikothrips sp., head; (4) Adraneothrips coloratus, head & pronotum; (5) Androthrips ramachandrai, head, pronotum & for legs. Akarethrips iotus 6–10: (6) Head, pronotum & fore legs; (7) Forewing; (8) Basantra & mesopresternum; (9) Metanotum & Pelta; (10) Tergites VIII–IX.