Vulgatothrips Han, 1997

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 Han

Vulgatothrips Han, 1997: 543 . Type species: V. shennongjiaensis Han.

This genus was erected for a single species based on three females collected from a mountainous area of south west China. The slide mounts of these females are all of poor quality, with the specimens severely crushed. Zhang et al. (2018) concluded that this species is similar to some Ctenothrips species but lacks strong reticulate sculpture. According to the analysis here, dissimilis , niger, smilax and shennongjiaensis form a single, well supported clade, and they are thus treated as congeneric.

Diagnosis: Female macropterous or micropterous. Head without obvious projection in front of eyes; maxillary palps 3-segmented; eyes with no pigmented facets; ocellar setae I present, ocellar setae III arise within ocellar triangle ( Fig. 14 ). Antennae 7- or 8-segmented, segment I without paired dorso-apical setae, III and IV with forked sense cones. Pronotum wider than long, with few transverse sculpture lines; two pairs of long posteroangular setae and two pairs of posteromarginal setae present; anteromarginal setae distinctly longer than discal setae. Mesonotum anterior campaniform sensilla close together. Metanotum reticulate, median setae close to anterior margin or behind margin ( Fig. 20 ). Mesosternum with spinula, metasternum without ( Fig. 26 ). Tarsi 2-segmented. Fore wing, when present, with first vein setal row almost complete, second vein with complete row; clavus with 5 veinal setae. Tergites extensively reticulate without craspedum or ctenidia; tergite VIII with complete posteromarginal comb, with a few microtrichia anterior to spiracles. Sternite VII setae S1 & S2 arise in front of margin ( Fig. 52 ). Male with pore plates on sternites III–IV ( Fig. 46 ).

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 16–31. Characters on thorax. 16–19 pronotum: (16) C. distinctus; (17) C. distinctus; (18) C. transeolineae; (19) C. parisae. 20–23 Meso-and metanotum: (20) V. shennongjiaensis; (21) C. distinctus; (22) Ta. eucharii; (23) C. parisae. 24–26 Meso-and metasternum: (24) C. distinctus; (25) Ta. eucharii; (26) V. smilax. 27–28 Hind leg: (27) C. bridwelli; (28) C. distinctus. 29–31 Fore wing: (29) Ta. orionis; (30) C. parisae; (31) C. distinctus.

FIGURES 39–52. Characters on abdomen. 39–40 Tergites: (39) Ta. orionis tergites III–IV; (40) Ta. eucharii tergites IV–VI; (41) V. shennongjiaensis tergite VIII; (42) Te. frici tergites VI–X; (43) C. kwanzanensis tergites V–VII; (44) C. distinctus VII–IX. 45–46 Male sternites: (45) C. parisae; (46) V. shennongjiaensis. 47–49 Male tergites IX: (47) C. kwanzanensis; (48) C. parisae; (49) C. transeolineae. 50–52 Sternites: (50) C. bridwelli; (51) Ta. picipes; (52) V. shennongjiaensis.