Heliothrips longisensibilis Xie, Mound & Zhang, 2019

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

Heliothrips longisensibilis Xie, Mound & Zhang

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Body color yellow. Antennal segment III with setae shorter than the length of the segment; segment VII length usually 60–75 μm ( Fig. 13 ). Dorsal setae simple with blunt to capitate apex. Pronotum with no sclerotized blotch. Ab- dominal tergite II with no spiracles; segment IX sclerotized laterally, X completely sclerotized; segment X with six anal setae shorter than the segment length. Spiracles with facets with one to five pores. Larvae of this species have been found on Hancornia speciosa leaves in the state of Goiás, Brazil (CHNUFPI) ( Silva et al. 2019). This species is recorded for the first time in Argentina. Larvae and adults were collected from leaves of Codiaeum variegatum (Euphorbiaceae) in Jujuy Province, while adults were also collected from Magnifera indica , Persea americana and Citrus sinensis (UNJu). Argentina is, therefore, the third country in which H. longisensibilis is recorded, thus suggesting that the distribution of the species is wider than once presumed and highlighting the necessity to re-examine slides of Heliothrips specimens from South America, as pointed out by Lima et al. (2020).

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. Panchaetothripinae second instar larvae (except where noted). Alive individuals 1–4: (1) Dinurothrips hookeri; (2) Dinurothrips vezenyii; (3) Helionothrips errans; (4) Retithrips syriacus; (5) Selenothrips rubrocinctus (adults and pupae). Antenna 6–14: (6) Brachyurothrips anomalus; (7) Bradinothrips musae; (8) Caliothrips insularis; (9) Caliothrips phaseoli; (10) Dinurothrips hookeri; (11) Elixothrips brevisetis; (12) Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis; (13) Heliothrips longisensibilis; (14) Heliothrips zucchi. (15) Bradinothrips musae head and pronotum.