Neohydatothrips goianus, Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016

Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4162 (1), pp. 1-45 : 24-25

Neohydatothrips goianus sp. n.

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Female macroptera. Colour: body mainly yellow with ocellar area, anterior third of mesonotum and lateral thirds of metanotum shaded brown, and antecostal ridges on tergites II–VII brown. Antennal segments I–III yellow, IV brown with basal fourth yellow and apex light brown, V brown with base light brown, VI–VIII brown. Fore wing uniformly pale brownish grey.

Structure: Occipital apodeme not confluent with posterior margin of compound eyes; ocellar area with irregularly reticulate transverse striae ( Fig. 25 ), setal pair III outside the ocellar triangle; pronotum closely striate with anterior margin of blotch distinct; mesonotum striate, two pairs of setae almost in transverse straight line; metanotum anterior half transversely striate, posterior half longitudinally striate, two pairs of setae on anterior margin; metasternal plate with very shallow anterior emargination; fore wing second vein with two setae; tergites II–VI with comb of microtrichia incomplete medially, comb complete on VII–VIII; tergite IX with 2 pairs of middorsal setae; sternites III–VII with microtrichia medially.

Measurements (holotype female in microns): Body length 820, Head length 53, width 130; ocellar setae III length 23. Pronotum length 103, width 153. Fore wing length 565. Antennal segments I–VIII length 23, 33, 43, 45, 35, 38, 8, 8.

Material studied. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Goiás State, Goiânia , on Ocotea sp. flowers, 20.ix.2014 (A. Cavalleri) ( UFRGS).

Comments. This species is based on a single female. Although this is not a recommended taxonomic procedure, the specimen is readily distinguished from the similar species N. similis and N. flavens and has an unusual sculpture on the ocellar area.

Figures

FIGURES 24 – 31. Neohydatothrips species. Head and pronotum 24 – 29: (24) gaucho; (25) goianus; (26) gracilipes; (27) ikelus; (28) inversus; (29) luculentus. Pronotum 30 – 31: (30) hadrosetae; (31) lassatus.