Dendrothrips guttatus Wang, 1993

Wang, Zhaohong, Mound, Laurence A. & Tong, Xiaoli, 2019, Character state variation within Dendrothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with a revision of the species from China, Zootaxa 4590 (2), pp. 231-248 : 234

Dendrothrips guttatus Wang

Dendrothrips guttatus Wang, 1993: 254 .

This species was described based on a single specimen from Aleurites moluccana [ Euphorbiaceae ] in Taiwan. According to the original description, also judging from a photograph of the holotype that was kindly supplied by Chin-Ling Wang, it is similar to latimaculatus and maltimaculatus but paler. It shares many character states with cibarius species-group: fore wing without uniform covering of microtrichia, surface with wrinkles; ocellar triangle reticulate with inner granules; pronotum reticulate with internal granules, posterior margin with no long setae and tergites sculpture complex. However, the original illustration of the head indicates that ocellar setae pair III are situated between the hind ocelli, in contrast to all other species of Dendrothrips apart from magnoliae .

Distribution: China (Taiwan).

Host plant: uncertain.