Myrciathrips, Cavalleri & Lindner & Mendonça Jr, 2016

Cavalleri, Adriano, Lindner, Mariana F. & Mendonça Jr, Milton de S., 2016, New Neotropical Haplothripini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) with a key to Central and South American genera, Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 1389-1410 : 1407

Myrciathrips gen. nov.

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Both sexes macropterous. Head long, slightly constricted basally; with one pair of postocular setae expanded at tip and close to cheeks; maxillary bridge present; mouth cone rounded at tip; antenna eight-segmented, segment III with two and IV with four sense cones; segment VIII slightly constricted at base. Pronotum trapezoidal, with only pa and epim setae well developed. Notopleural sutures complete, basantra present; mesopraesternum large and entire; spinasternum enlarged and oval. Fore femora enlarged in females; fore tarsi bearing both hamus and tooth. Fore wings weakly constricted medially, basal setae unusually small. Pelta triangular, two pairs of wing-retaining setae, but females frequently have a third sigmoid seta anterolaterally. Males with a large pore plate in sternite VIII, tergite IX setae S2 short and acute.

Figures

Figure 5. Myrciathrips variabilis. (A) Female body. (B) Female head and fore leg. (C) Male body. (D) Male head and fore leg.

Figure 6. Myrciathrips variabilis. (A) Pronotum. (B) Prosternum. (C) Mesonotum, metanotum and pelta. (D) Male abdominal sternites VI–IX.