Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard)

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 : 459

Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard)

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Body color yellow with abdominal segments III–IV pale with red internal pigment; head and pronotum sometimes light brown ( Fig. 5). Antennal segment III with setae slightly shorter than the length of the segment. Dorsal setae with acute apex. Pronotum with no sclerotized blotch. Abdominal tergite II with no spiracles; segment IX sclerotized laterally, X—strongly sclerotized; segment X with six anal setae about 3x longer than the length of the segment ( Fig. 42). Immatures of this polyphagous species have been collected from several states and hosts from Brazil, such as Liquidambar styraciflua and Theobroma cacao (CHNUFPI) .