Thripobius javae (Girault, 1917) Det. S. Triapitsyn, 2005

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2005, Revision of Ceranisus and the related thrips-attacking entedonine genera (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) of the world, African Invertebrates 46, pp. 261-315 : 310-311

Thripobius javae (Girault, 1917) , comb. n.

Figs 61–63

Epomphale javae Girault, 1917 b: 1 . (Type locality: Salatiga , Java Island, Indonesia)

Thripoctenus maculatus Waterston, 1930: 243 . Syn. n.

Thripobius semiluteus Boucek, 1976: 412 , 413. Syn. n.

Ceranisus maculatus (Waterston) : Husain & Khan 1986: 212; Loomans & van Lenteren 1995: 127–129,

196.

Thripobius semiluteus Boucek : Boucek 1988: 734; Loomans & van Lenteren 1995: 132–137, 197.

Ceranisus javae (Girault) : Loomans & van Lenteren 1995: 132, 196; Noyes 2002.

Diagnosis: Female. Well described and illustrated by Boucek (1976) (as T. semiluteus ). Antenna and forewing as in Figs 61 and 62 , respectively.

Male. Similar to female except for normal sexually dimorphic features such as genitalia ( Fig. 63 ). Quite rare.

Type material examined: Lectotype female of E. javae on slide ( USNM), here designated to avoid possible confusion regarding the status of the type specimens of this species, labelled as follows: 1. “ [red] “ Epomphale javae Gir. Type No. 20619 U.S. N.M”; 2. “ Epomphale javae Girault ^ LECTOTYPE (circled) Des. S. Triapitsyn 2004”; 3. “+ 2^ PARALECTOTYPES + heads (paralectotype) = Thripobius javae (Girault) Det. S. Triapitsyn ”. The lectotype specimen is complete but uncleared, mounted laterally under the same coverslip with 2 other original syntype specimens. Paralectotypes, here designated: 2 females mentioned above, on the same slide with the lectotype; 4 females (some of them incomplete) on one point ( USNM), originally labelled: 1. (red) “ 20619”; 2. “ Epomphale javae Gir. ^ Types” ; 14 females on one slide ( USNM), originally labelled: “ Epomphale javae Gir. ^ paratypes ” .

Allotype male of T. maculatus [ BMNH], dissected to many parts, on slide labelled: 1. “ Allotype. Thripoctenus maculatus Waterst. ơ.”; 2.”ex. Vine Thrips. India, Lyallur, Punjab. Botanical Gdns. 15.xi.29. 1930-18. M. Afzail Husain ”. Other paratypes of T. maculates [ BMNH] (examined): 5 females and 2 males on 4 slides, all dissected to many parts (some incomplete or broken), same data as the allotype.

Paratypes of T. semiluteus [ BMNH], labelled: “ India, Bangalore - Hebbal , ex. Heliothrips on Croton , I.1971, CIBC No. 29 CIE A4631”, 1^; “AFRICA, Sa~o Tomé, ex. Brachyurothrips anomalus on Hibiscus 5.ii.1975, J. Derron ”, 2^.

Other material examined: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: Mudgee, Victoria Park, 13.iv.1994, S. Goodwin, M. Steiner, 2^ (“Assoc. with Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis on Viburnum ”). Northern Territory: Darwin, 17.ix.1994, M. Steiner, S. Goodwin, 2^ (“Assoc. with thrips on mango”) [ANIC]. Queensland: Kingfisher Park, 1 km N Julatten, 16°36'S: 145°20'E, 18.xi.1997, C.J. Burwell, 1^ [QMBA]. Pechey, 6.v.1941, A.R. Brimblecomb, 18^ (“Par. Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis ”). INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, xii.1955, 3^ (“Scale on Croton C. S. No. 168”) [USNM]. USA: California: Riverside Co., Riverside: UCR Lab. culture on H. haemorrhoidalis (28^ coll. 5.viii.1986 and 24^ coll. 19.x.1988) of Australia, New South Wales, origin, orig. coll. by G.A.C. Beattie 28.vii.1986, likely at Somersby [UCRC]. UCR Quarantine culture on H. haemorrhoidalis of Bahamas origin, 3^ [CNCI, UCRC]. UCR Lab. culture on H. haemorrhoidalis (coll. 19.x.1988) of Brazil, Minas Gerais, Lavras, origin, orig. reared by J.A. McMurtry 12.v.1988 from Heliothrips sp. , 9^ (Det. J. LaSalle, 1989 as T.semiluteus ) [UCRC]. UCR Lab.culture on H.haemorrhoidalis , 23.x.1989, 9^ [CNCI, UCRC].

Distribution:Apparently native and widespread in the Oriental and Australasian regions (except for the temperate zones) and also possibly in the Afrotropical region; introduced into some countries including the New World ( LaSalle & McMurtry 1989; McMurtry et al. 1991; Loomans & van Lenteren 1995; Kuslitzky 2003).

Hosts: Various Panchaetothripinae ( Thripidae ), as listed by Loomans and van Lenteren (1995) for T. semiluteus and C. maculatus .

Comments: As correctly predicted by Loomans and van Lenteren (1995), C. javae , C. maculatus and T. semiluteus turned out to belong to the same species, based on examination of their type specimens; hence the above synonymies under the earliest described species, T. javae .

Figures

Figs 61–63. Thripobius javae: (61, 62) female (Riverside, California, USA): (61) antenna, (62) forewing; (63) male genitalia (paratype of Thripoctenus maculatus). Scale lines = 0.1 mm.