Liophloeothrips hungaricus (Priesner)

Minaei, Kambiz & Mound, Laurence, 2014, The Liothrips-lineage of thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Iran with the first record of micropterous morph of a Liothrips species, Zootaxa 3889 (1), pp. 107-117 : 110

Liophloeothrips hungaricus (Priesner)

Rhynchothrips hungaricus Priesner, 1924: 52 .

The following specimens, all apterae, have been studied: Hungary, Simontornya, from Salix : 4 males, 3 female syntypes, 13.xii.1923 (F. Pillich) (in SMF), 1 female, 2.xii.1924 (in BMNH), 1 male, 16.iii.1924, 2 females, 2.iii.1926 (in SMF); Moravia, Brno, 1 female 1 male, 15.x.1950 ( MNHN), 1 female from Salix , 12.x.1947 (in Moritz coll.); Finland, Jappila, 1 female, 1 male in trap on aspen, vi–viii.2001 (in Kobro coll.) .

Judging from the labels on these slides, this species is associated with the bark of certain Salicaceae , including Salix and Populus . In both sexes, tergite IX setae S1 and S2 are not much longer than the width of the base of the tube ( Fig. 13 ), with capitate apices, whereas setae S3 are finely acute and longer than the tube. The fore tarsal tooth is variable in females, ranging from less than one third as long as the width of the fore tarsus ( Fig. 12 ) to about half that width, and sternite VIII of the male lacks a pore plate. The number of sense cones on antennal segment IV varies amongst the available specimens, with either one large or two smaller sense cones on the outer margin. Moreover, in two specimens the left and right antennae differ from each other. The unique apterous female holotype of pulchrisetis has been studied (MNHN). Despite the differences noted in the key above, this specimen possibly represents a local variant of hungaricus . Moreover, even the distinction given above between glaber and hungaricus , being based on so few specimens, cannot be considered as entirely secure. Mortazawiha (1995) reported hungaricus from Iran, together with 14 other species of Thysanoptera , but without any information concerning the locality, date of collection, or number of specimens. The text of that report suggests that zur Strassen may have studied the specimens, but there is no evidence in the collections at SMF to support this.

Figures

FIGURES 1–13. Liothrips from Iran. Antenna, 1–3: (1) austriacus;(2) pragensis; (3) reuteri. Hind leg, 4–6: (4) austriacus; (5) pragensis; (6) reuteri. (7) Fore tarsus, reuteri macroptera. (8) Male genitalia, pragensis. Cephalothrips from Iran. Head: (9) coxalis; (10) monilicornis. Liophloeothrips hungaricus syntype male, 11–13: (11) Antenna; (12) Fore tarsal tooth; (13) Tergite IX and tube.