Ophthalmothrips yunnanensis Cao, Guo & Feng

Li, Yanqiao, Zhao, Linpeng, Li, Chengwen & Dang, Lihong, 2022, Review of the genus Ophthalmothrips Hood (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from China, with a new species, Zoological Systematics 47 (4), pp. 305-312 : 311

Ophthalmothrips yunnanensis Cao, Guo & Feng

Ophthalmothrips yunnanensis Cao, Guo & Feng, 2010: 263 .

Diagnosis. Head about two times as long as wide, head elongate, preocular projection wider than long; postocular setae developed, slightly shorter than interocellar setae. Antennae 8-segmented, segment III longest, about 8 times as long as wide. Maxillary stylets V-shaped, retracted into head. Pronotum with five pairs of developed major setae, blunt at apex. Mesopresternum boat-shaped. Fore tarsal tooth present in both sexes. Pelta triangular, with entire reticulation, abdominal tergites II–VII with two pairs of small and straight wing-retaining setae in macropterous; tube shorter than head, anal setae slightly shorter than tube.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Comments. Known only from Yunnan, China, this species is distinguished by the small and straight wing-retaining setae in macropterae according to the original description ( Cao et al., 2010). The character is relatively rare in the genus, even in Idolothripinae species.

Funding The work was supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (31702042), Key project of Natural Science Basic Research program of Shaanxi Province (2019JZ-34), the Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training program [202210720037], and a Young Talent Fund of University Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi, China (20180209).

Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to Laurence Mound (CSRIO, Australia) for checking the Ophthalmothrips specimens, and to Xia Wang for collecting the specimens.