Ophthalmothrips pomeroyi Hood, 1919

Minoura, Kazushige & Mound, Laurence A., 2019, The world species of Ophthalmothrips Hood (Thysanoptera; Phlaeothripidae), with new records from Africa, China and Japan, Zootaxa 4623 (3), pp. 555-562 : 560

Ophthalmothrips pomeroyi Hood

( Figs 16, 18, 23 )

Ophthalmothrips pomeroyi Hood, 1919: 67 .

Known from macropterae of both sexes, this species is easily distinguished by having the fore ocellus clearly overhanging the base of the antennae. It was described from a single female from South Africa and is here newly recorded from Zaire ( Democratic Republic of Congo) based on the male listed below. This male is identified as pomeroyi by having the fore ocellus clearly overhanging the base of the antennae ( Fig. 16 ). The fore femur of this male has a small tubercle at the apex ( Fig. 18 ).

Measurements (male from Zaire in microns). Distended body length 2630. Head, length 353, from anterior margin of eyes 204; width across eyes 228; width across cheeks 202; preocular projection length 37, width 84; interocellar setae 37, postocular setae damaged. Pronotum, median length 193; width 299; setae aa 26, am 13–16, ml 44, pa 44–49, epim 85. Metanotum median setae 22–25. Fore wing length 1295. Pelta median length?, width 251. Tergite IX posteromarginal setae S1 306, S2 376. Tube, length 261; basal width 90; apical width 50; anal setae 332. Antennal segments I–VIII length (width): 33(36); 54(36); 107(27); 98(33); 75(32); 62(30); 47(28); 47(21).

Figures

FIGURES 13–23. Ophthalmothrips species. Head, 13–16: (13) lesnei female from Kenya; (14) longiceps male; (15) miscan- thicola female; (16) pomeroyi male from Zaire. (17) longiceps female pelta. (18) pomeroyi male from Zaire, fore femur. Fore tibia and tarsus 19–23: (19) lesnei female from Kenya; (20) lesnei male from Kenya; (21) miscanthicola female; (22) miscant- hicola male; (23) pomeroyi male from Zaire.