Neohydatothrips flavicollis (Hood)

Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4162 (1), pp. 1-45 : 23-24

Neohydatothrips flavicollis (Hood)

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Sericothrips flavicollis Hood, 1954: 204 .

Female macroptera. Colour: body bicoloured ( Fig. 93 ), head light brown, metanotum brown but mesonotum yellowish-brown, tergites II–III brown on lateral two thirds, IV–VI yellow with small brown areas anterolaterally and antecostal ridge dark, VII–IX brown; pronotum pale with blotch weakly defined; fore wing with 3 dark and 3 pale bands, apex pale, clavus dark with pale setae; antennal segments I, II and most of III pale, IV brown with base paler; V–VIII brown, hind tibiae yellow with brown markings.

Structure: Occipital apodeme almost confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area with closely spaced striations; antennal segments III & IV with an apical neck; pronotum transversely striate; mesonotum and metanotum closely striate; metasternal plate weakly developed, and with anterior margin almost transverse. Fore wing second vein with no setae; tergites VII–VIII with complete comb of microtrichia on posterior margin, comb absent medially on remaining tergites; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae.

Material studied. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro State, Ilha da Gipoia , 25.v.1948 ( USNM) .

Comments. This species is known only from the original 3 females. It is closely related to N. fasciatus , but is less shaded brown on abdominal tergites II–VI, and bears a shorter mouth cone that does not extend to the fore coxae.

Figures

FIGURES 92 – 103. Neohydatothrips species. (92) fimbriatus (male), (93) flavicollis (female), (94) gracilipes (female), (95) hemileucus (female), (96) hemileucus (male), (97) ikelus (female), (98) inversus (female), (99) inversus (male), (100) maculicollis (female), (101) maculicollis (male), (102) paraensis (female), (103) portoricensis (female).