Leaf-feeding species of the genus Liothrips from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) Author Dang, Lihong 0000-0002-7571-8426 School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723000, China. danglihong@snut.edu.cn Author An, Yiyan 0009-0002-6134-9188 School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723000, China. Author Mound, Laurence A. Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601. Author Qiao, Gexia Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China. & College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19, Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-05 5419 1 53 84 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5419.1.2 journal article 292472 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.1.2 4c86fa9e-5cda-46d6-bd48-910ece0acf61 1175-5326 10781919 23F0CA38-AA36-4B65-9D76-E798882ED1EF Liothrips miyazakii Okajima ( Figs 7 , 37 , 51 , 83 ) Liothrips miyazakii Okajima, 2006: 444 . Described from Nikko, Honshu, Japan on Gentiana scabra , this species seems similar to L . wasabiae in its body shape. One paratype female was studied here with the following character states: fore tibiae slightly shaded at basal third, antennal segments III–VI broad with basal stem ( Fig. 37 ), postocular setae finely pointed at apex ( Fig. 7 ), antennal segments largely yellow, with apical half of VI also VII–VIII light brown ( Fig. 37 ), and maxillary stylets not reaching to eyes ( Fig. 7 ). The three females listed below from Sichuan province possibly represent L . miyazakii , but their major setae are expanded at the apex and antennal segment III is more slender. Specimens studied. CHINA , Sichuan , Guangyuan , 3 females on unknown grasses, 09.viii.2018 , D.L. Xie ( SNUT ) . JAPAN , Tochigi , Nikko , paratype female on Gentiana scabra , 15.vi.1990 , M . Miyazaki ( TUA ) .