Pennathrips bournierorum, Goldarazena & Michel & Mound, 2021

Goldarazena, Arturo, Michel, Bruno & Mound, Laurence, 2021, Pennathrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), a new panchaetothripine genus from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 5016 (1), pp. 142-146 : 145

Pennathrips bournierorum sp.n.

( Figs 1‒11 )

Female macroptera. With the character states indicated above. Body medium brown with lateral margins of abdomen paler; antennal segments I–V mainly yellow, VI–VII light brown; femora mainly brown with apex paler, tibiae yellow with brown markings, tarsi yellow; fore wing pale with transverse dark areas at veinal fork and sub-apically, these areas bearing dark setae.

Measurements (holotype female in microns) Body length 1245. Head, length 133; width across eyes 155. Pronotum, length 106; maximum width 179; discal setae 40. Fore wing length 678; longest costal seta 46. Tergite IX setae S1 38, S2 56, S3 50. Antennal segments I–VII length 18; 30; 52; 48; 34; 26; 25.

Male macroptera. Similar in structure to female; sternites V‒VII each with small, circular pore plate medially ( Fig. 10 ).

Specimens studied. Holotype female, New Caledonia, Mont Nondoue (approx. -22.1498, 166.3833), 110 m altitude, taken by fogging in sclerophilous forest 3.vii.1992 (Chazeau et al.), # JBOU3504 , in Insect Collection, CIRAD CBGP Montpellier, France.

Paratypes: 9 females, 6 taken with holotype, # JBOU3505 to JBOU3513 and JBOU3515 to JBOU3520 . New Caledonia, Rivière bleue P7 (-22.10329, 166.70251) , 1 female, 1 male taken by fogging in dense forest, 21.vii.1992 (Chazeau et al.), # JBOU3514 , JBOU3521 ; Farino Cascade , 1 female from dead twigs, 15.iv.2012 (in ANIC); Mt Do , 1 female beaten from vegetation, 16.iv.2012 (in ANIC) . Paratypes will be deposited the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, and the Natural History Museum, London.

Comments. Presumably this thrips feeds on plant leaves, as is typical of Panchaetothripinae . Some members of this sub-family are polyphagous and several are pests ( Lima et al. 2020). Unfortunately, there are very few studies on the life cycle of any member of the sub-family ( Martin 2017; Goldarazena et al. 2021; Lima et al. 2021). This new species is dedicated to Alexander Bournier and his son Jean Paul Bournier in recognition of their contribution to the study of the Order Thysanoptera .

Figures

FIGURES 1‒7. Pennathrips bournierorum sp.n.: (1) female holotype; (2) head and pronotum; (3) tergites I–III; (4) tergites V–VII; (5) sternites V–VII; (6) left antenna.

FIGURES 7‒11. Pennathrips bournierorum sp.n.: (7) left fore wing; (8) fore wing apex; (9) mesonotum, metanotum and tergite I; (10) male sternites V–VII (arrows indicate pore plates); (11) female tergites VIII–X.