Ophthalmothrips miscanthicola (Haga)

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 miscanthicola (Haga)

( Figs 15, 21, 22 )

Pyrgothrips miscanthicola Haga, 1975: 273 .

Known from macropterae and micropterae of both sexes, this species is recorded from Japan, China and Korea ( Okajima 2006), mainly in temperate regions. It is similar to O. lesnei from Mozambique and Kenya, but it can be distinguished by the longer preocular projection on the head ( Fig. 15 ) and the tergite IX setae S1 subequal in length to the tube.

Specimens examined. JAPAN, Okinawa-prefecture, Urasoe-shi , 1 male on Miscanthus sinensis , 11-iii-2006 ; Aichi-pre., Nagoya-shi , 2 males on Miscanthus sp., 18-ix-2006 ; Aichi-pre., Yatomi-shi , 1 male on Miscanthus sp., 27-ix-2011 ; Shizuoka-pre., Hamamatsu-shi, Mikkabi-cho , 2 males, 2 females on Poaceae , 5-v-2018 . CHINA, Sichuan Prov., 1 male, 11-vii-1984 ; Henan Prov., Xinyan , 1 female on grass, 20-viii-1957 (in ANIC).

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.