Phenicothrips Bhatti

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 : 64

Phenicothrips Bhatti

( Figs 18 , 127 )

Liothrips (Phaenothrips) Priesner, 1968: 176 . Type species: Gynaikothrips daetymon Karny , by original designation. Phenicothrips Bhatti, 1995: 107 . Replacement name for Phaenothrips Priesner, nec Phenothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1968: 128 .

There are eight species listed in this Asian genus. Four are described from Indonesia, with one each from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, with three species recorded from China. This genus is a typical member of the Liothrips- lineage, and all species of Phenicothrips were described originally in either Liothrips or Gynaikothrips . However, Phenicothrips species have long and slender antennal sensoria, almost as long as the segment ( Fig. 18 ). These species are particularly similar to some of the species placed in Eugynothrips .

Diagnosis: Head longer than wide ( Fig. 127 ); eyes normal, postocular setae usually small, sometimes developed; stylets usually retracted into head capsule, far apart; antennae 8-segmented, median segments elongate, III with 1 sensorium, IV with 3, sensoria elongate ( Fig. 18 ); pronotum with major setae developed, epim longest, notopleural sutures complete; basantra absent; mesopresternum transverse; sternopleural sutures absent; fore tarsal tooth absent in both sexes; fore wings parallel-sided, with duplicated cilia; pelta triangular; tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of wing-retaining setae; tube with straight sides, shorter than head; male sternite VIII without pore plate.

Figures

FIGURES 11–20. Phlaeothripinae genera. Antennae 11–18: (11) Akarethrips iotus; (12) Ecacanthothrips tibialis; (13) Eurhynchothrips messuicola; (14) Eugynothrips sumatranus; (15) Heliothripoides boltoni; (16) Isotrichothrips longirostris; (17) Litotetothrips sp.; (18) Phenicothrips daetymon. Head & pronotum 19–20: (19) Asianthrips orientalis; (20) Apelaunothrips aokii.

FIGURES 126–129. Liothrips-lineage. Head & pronotum: (126) Eugynothrips brevisetis; (127) Phenicothrips siamensis; (128) Leeuwenia caelatrix; (129) Phasmothrips asperatus.