Liophloeothrips baharae, Mirab-balou, 2019

Mirab-balou, M., 2019, A New Species Of The Genus Liophloeothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) From Iran, Vestnik Zoologii 53 (4), pp. 265-268 : 266-268

Liophloeothrips baharae Mirab-balou, sp. n. ( figs 1–10 )

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Material examined. Holotype ♀: Iran: Ilam Province , Manesht Mt. (33° 41´33.36 ˝ N, 46° 27´28.08 ˝ E, alt. 2650 m) at Zagros forests, on dead branche under oak tree, 10.04.2016 (coll. M. Mirab-balou) ( ILAMU). Paratype: 1 ♀: (label as in the holotype) ( ILAMU).

Description. Female macroptera. Body bicoloured except yellow head, antennal segments I– VI, apical half of segment VII. All legs yellowish brown ( fig. 1 ). Fore wing transparent with median light shade ( fig. 9 ).

Head longer than broad; postocular setae well developed, with apices expanded, slightlye shorter than eyes; maxillary stylets close together; maxillary bridge absent ( figs 2, 3 ). Mouthcone narrowly pointed. Antenna 8-segmented ( fig. 5 ) segment III with one outer sense cone, segment IV with one inner and two outer sense cones. Pronotum weakly sculptured; all pronotal setae well developed, with apices expanded ( fig. 4 ); pronotal anteromarginals (am) shorter than anteroangulars (aa), epimerals (ep) longer than posteroangulars (pa); notopleural sutures complete; basantral plates absent. Metanotum with hexagonally reticulatesculpture ( fig. 7 ).Mesopraesternum withtwolateraltriangles( fig.10 ); metathoracic sternopleural suture present. Fore wing parallel-sided, with 6 duplicated cilia; subbasal wing setae arranged in a one row. Fore tarsus with small tooth ( fig. 6 ). Pelta bell-shaped ( fig. 8 ). Abdominal tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of wing retaining setae; tergite IX with S1 and S2 setae well developed and expanded apically in both sexes. Tube shorter than head.

Male. Unknown.

Measurements (holotype female in microns). Total body length 1810. Head, length 168; eye length 57; postocular seta length 49. Pronotum, length 146; width 295; length of major setae — aa 44, am 37, ml 44, pa 47, ep 49. Length of segments I 40 (28), II 55 (30), III 62 (27), IV 61 (26), V 54 (23), VI 52(24), VII 47 (21), VIII 27 (10). Fore wing length 835, fore wing basal setae, length S1 31, S2 43, S3 51. Abdominal tergite IX setae S1 96, setae S2 88. Tube, length 144; width at base 50.

Etymology. This species is named afler the author’s daughter, Bahar Mirab-balou.

Remarks. This new species is similar to Indian bicolorous species L. reperticus Ananthakrishnan & Muraleedharan but is readily distinguished from the latter by the following characters states: antennalsegments I–VI and apical half of segment VIIyellowish brown (versus reperticus with segments I–IV yellowish, IV more yellowish-brown, V– VIII dark brown), all legs yellowish brown (versus reperticus with fore femora brown, mid and hind femora brown), abdomen completely brown but in L. reperticus abdominal segments II and III clear yellow, IV yellowish-brown, rest dark brown ( Ananthakrishnan and Muraleedharan 1974); and reperticus with anteromarginals subequal to anteroangulars but anteroaangulars is longer in this new species. Amongst European species, this new species is similar to L. glaber Priesner but its distinguished from the later by color of body (especially color of legs), and antennal segment III more than 2 times as long as wide.

Figures

Fig. 1. Liophloeothrips baharae sp. n. (Holotype female).

Figs 2–10. Liophloeothrips baharae sp. n.: 2 — head and pronotum; 3 — head, showing maxillary stylets; 4 — pronotum; 5 — antenna; 6 — fore tarsus; 7 — metanotum; 8 — pelta; 9 — fore wing; 10 — mesopraesternum.