Psephenothrips cymbidas Wang & Lin, 2020

Dang, Li-Hong, Zhao, Lin-Peng, Li, Yan-Qiao & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2021, Studies on the genus Psephenothrips Reyes from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), with one new species, ZooKeys 1029, pp. 113-121 : 113

Psephenothrips cymbidas Wang & Lin

Psephenothrips cymbidas Wang & Lin, 2020: 371.

Comments.

As with P. baiheensis , this species was described from Taiwan and was based on six females and three males from Cymbidium . We did not see any specimens of P. cymbidas and the original description "mid tibiae greyish brown and fore wings pale brown" is not strong evidence for distinguishing the species from P. strasseni and other Psephenothrips species. The mesopresternum, divided into two parts that may be narrowly connected, could be an obvious distinguishing characteristic, but its form needs to be verified in further study.