Hercinothrips bicinctus (Bagnall)

Lima, Élison Fabrício B., O’Donnell, Cheryle A., Sousa, Yago Lucas C. & Zamar, María Inés, 2021, Identification of second instar larvae of Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera Thripidae) in Brazil and Argentina, Zootaxa 5047 (4), pp. 453-464 : 458

Hercinothrips bicinctus (Bagnall)

( Figs 32, 33, 38 )

Body color yellow, pronotal blotches and abdominal segments IX and X brown in unwashed specimens. Antennal segment III with setae shorter than the length of the segment. Dorsal setae simple with pointed apex. Head with some consistent brown coloring throughout. Pronotum with a pair of sclerotized blotches. Abdominal tergite II with a pair of spiracles ( Fig. 33 ); segment IX sclerotized in distal part and X completely sclerotized ( Fig. 38 ); segment X with six anal setae shorter than the segment length. Spiracles with one or no pores on facets ( Fig. 32 ). No immatures of this species have been found in Brazil or Argentina. The characterization above was based on specimens from bananas from Europe and Africa that are deposited in USNM.

Figures

FIGURES 22–42. Panchaetothripinae second instar larvae. (22) Caliothrips phaseoli meso- and metanotum. (23) Heliothrips zucchi (leg). Spiracle 24–34: (24) Brachyurpthrips anomalus (tergite VIII); (25) Caliothrips phaseoli (mesonotum); (26) Dinurothrips hookeri (mesonotum); (27) Dinurothrips hookeri (tergite VIII); (28) Helionothrips errans (mesonotum); (29) Helionothrips errans (tergite VIII); (30) Elixothrips brevisetis (mesonotum); (31) Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (mesonotum); (32) Hercinothrips bicinctus (mesonotum); (33) Hercinothrips bicinctus (tergite II); (34) Retithrips syriacus (mesonotum). Abdominal tergites 35–42: (35) Brachyurothrips anomalus (IX–X); (36) Dinurothrips hookeri (VIII–X); (37) Dinurothrips vezenyii (IX-X), (38) Hercinothrips bicinctus (VIII–X); (39) Helionothrips errans (III–X); (40) Hercinothrips femoralis (VIII–X); (41) Retithrips syriacus (IX–X); (42) Selenothrips rubrocinctus (VI–X).