Neohydatothrips basilaris (Hood)

Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4162 (1), pp. 1-45 : 13

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scientific name	Neohydatothrips basilaris (Hood)
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Neohydatothrips basilaris (Hood) View in CoL

( Figs 15 View FIGURES 15 – 23 , 45 View FIGURES 41 – 49 , 67 View FIGURES 67 – 79 , 84 View FIGURES 80 – 91 )

Sericothrips basilaris Hood, 1941: 139 View in CoL .

Female macroptera. Colour: body dark brown ( Fig. 84 View FIGURES 80 – 91 ), tergite X pale; fore wing uniformly dark with white subbasal area; antennal segments I–III (or IV) largely pale; hind femora and tibiae brownish yellow.

Structure: occipital apodeme confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area transversely striate ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 15 – 23 ); antennal segments III & IV with constricted apical neck; pronotum with anterior area reticulate, blotch welldefined ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 15 – 23 ); mesonotum and anterior part of metanotum closely striate ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 41 – 49 ); metasternal plate with shallow emargination; fore wing second vein with 2 setae ( Fig. 67 View FIGURES 67 – 79 ); tergites II–VIII with comb of microtrichia complete on posterior margin but short on anterior tergites: tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae.

Material studied. Holotype female, CUBA, San Vincente , 8–9 vii.1940 ( USNM) . BRAZIL, Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia [Seara], 14 females, 3 males, 1.i.1949 (F. Plaumann) ( USNM) .

Comments. This is a large dark brown species with much red internal pigment. Described from Cuba, but recorded from Panama and Costa Rica ( Mound & Marullo 1996) and here from Brazil (Santa Catarina), the thoracic sculpture is almost unique in the genus ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 15 – 23 ). As in N. fimbriatus , tergites II–VIII have a fringe of microtrichia medially on the posterior margin, although this fringe is short on the anterior tergites. Antennal segments III and IV both have a long slender apical neck.