Vulgatothrips dissimilis (Hu & Feng) Wang & Li & Tong & Mound, 2020

Wang, Zhaohong, Li, Yajin, Tong, Xiaoli & Mound, Laurence, 2020, Phylogenetic analysis of the Taeniothrips genus-group, with revision of the species of Ctenothrips and Vulgatothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripinae), Zootaxa 4750 (3), pp. 301-327 : 317

Vulgatothrips dissimilis (Hu & Feng) Comb. n.

Ctenothrips dissimilis Hu & Feng, 2014: 263 .

( Figs 7 , 64 )

This species was found in the southern mountain areas of Shaanxi Province, China. Although distinguished by the 7-segmented antennae, it shares the following character states with V. shennongjiaensis : postocular setae arising in a transverse row, pair I usually absent, pair IV longest; weak reticulation on relatively paler body surface. These two species were found in the same series of mountains, and their relationships require further study.

Material examined: CHINA, Shaanxi, Mt. Taibai , alt. 2250m, 1 paratype female collected from weeds, 15.vii.2002 (G.L. Zhang) ( NWAFU) .

Figures

FIGURES 2–15. Characters on head & pronotum. 2–9 Head: (2) C. kwanzanensis; (3) C. distinctus; (4) C. parisae; (5) C. transeolineae; (6) V. smilax; (7) V. dissimilis; (8) H. aino; (9) Ta. damansarae. 10–15 Head and pronotum: (10) Ay. chaetophora; (11) Ta. eucharii; (12) Te. frici; (13) C. bridwelli; (14) V. shennongjiaensis; (15) C. transeolineae.

FIGURES 64–67. Vulgatothrips. (64) paratype of dissimilis; (65) paratype of shennongjiaensis; (66) shennongjiaensis; (67) male of smilax.