Phylladothrips niger Okajima, 1988

Dang, Lihong, An, Yiyan, Okajima, Shuji & Mound, Laurence A., 2023, Taxonomic review of the Oriental genus Phylladothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), ZooKeys 1185, pp. 241-253 : 241

Phylladothrips niger Okajima

Fig. 6

Phylladothrips niger Okajima, 1988: 714.

Material examined.

Holotype, ♀ (TUA), Malaysia, Cameron Highland, Tanah Rata, on dead leaves, 2.iii.1976 (W. Suzuki); paratypes, 1♀ 1♂ (TUA), with the same data as holotype; 1♀ 1♂ (ANIC), MALAYSIA, Genting Highlands, on dead wood and leaves, 28.ix.1973 (L. Mound); 1♀ 1♂ (ANIC), MALAYSIA, Gunung Belumut , Johor, on dry leaves and branches, 12.viii.2009 (Y.F. Ng & X.L. Eow).

Comments.

Described from Tanah Rata, West Malaysia, on dead leaves and recorded from Luzon National Park, the Philippines, this is the second species after the type species with the body uniformly brown; the third is described here as a new species from Xizang. The cheeks of head are distinctly constricted towards the base (Fig. 6 ), distinguishing this from the type species, P. karnyi .

Figures

Figures 6 - 15. Phylladothrips species. Head and pronotum (6 - 9) 6 P. niger 7 P. selangor sp. nov. 8 P. pictus 9 P. trisetae sp. nov.; antennae (10 - 13) 10 P. pictus 11 P. trisetae sp. nov. 12 P. fasciae 13 P. selangor sp. nov.; pronotum (14) 14 P. fasciae; basantra and mesopresternum (15) 15 P. selangor sp. nov.