Enneothrips gustaviae Hood, 1935

Vieira, Daniel Elizeu, O’Donnell, Cheryle A. & Lima, Élison Fabrício B., 2024, Enneothrips Hood: a Neotropical genus of leaf-feeding thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with generic diagnosis and four new species, Zootaxa 5397 (4), pp. 563-577 : 574

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Enneothrips gustaviae Hood View in CoL

( Figs 13, 14 View FIGURES 1–16 , 24, 34 View FIGURES 17–34 , 44, 54 View FIGURES 44–59 , 64 View FIGURES 60–66 , 70 View FIGURES 67–70 )

Enneothrips gustaviae Hood, 1935: 144 View in CoL .

Body color brown ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 1–16 ). Antennal segments I–II brown, III yellow, IV yellow at base and extreme apex, light brown medially, V yellow at base and light brown at apex, VI–IX brown ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 17–34 ). Femora brown, except for extreme base of mid femur; fore tibia yellow with median brown shading, mid tibia brown at base and yellow at apex, hind tibia brown medially with base and apex yellow. Fore wing brown, with basal quarter pale ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 44–59 ). Ocellar triangle with a few lines of sculpture sometimes advancing from surrounding area of head, ocellar setae III just outside the triangle; posterior area of head transversely striate but forming undefined reticles ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 17–34 ); mouth cone not surpassing prosternum. Pronotum with undefined reticles anteriorly ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 17–34 ). Mesonotum transversely striate posteriorly with about 15 lines of sculpture, anterior area lacking complete sculpture. Metanotum reticulate, without markings inside reticles ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 44–59 ). Abdominal tergites II–VII with around 10 transverse lines of sculpture with short microtrichia on lateral thirds; VII with posteromarginal comb of short microtrichia incomplete medially and with lateral microtrichia more developed than on tergites II–VI; tergite IX with two pairs of campaniform sensilla ( Fig. 64 View FIGURES 60–66 ). Male smaller and with abdominal tergites IV, V and X light brown ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 1–16 ); paired opening associated with internal gland close to antecostal ridge of abdominal sternite III ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 67–70 ).

Material studied. Holotype female and paratypes males and females: Panama. Barro Colorado Island , on leaves of Gustavia superba , 29.vii.1933 and 14.viii.1933, 24 females and five males (J.D.Hood, J.Zetek & C. Marquinez col.) ( USNM).

Comments. This species is unique in the genus and was retained by Moulton (1941) in a subgenus Enneothrips when he erected a subgenus Enneothripiella with E. flavens as the type species. This subgenus was distinguished due to the longer posteroangular setae, and lack of red pigmentation, in contrast to E. gustaviae in. In the first couplet of the key above E. gustaviae is clearly distinguished from all other members of the genus. However, these character state differences are not sufficient in confirming that the species represents a separate phylogenetic lineage requiring recognition at genus level. This species has been collected on Gustavia superba leaves and recorded only in Panama.