Taeniothrips grisbrunneus (Feng, Chou & Li) Feng, Chou & Li, 2015

Mirab-Balou, Majid, Mound, Laurence A. & Tong, Xiao-Li, 2015, New combinations and a new generic synonym in the genus Taeniothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 3964 (3), pp. 371-378 : 373

Taeniothrips grisbrunneus (Feng, Chou & Li) comb.n.

Megalurothrips grisbrunneus Feng, Chou & Li, 1995: 15 .

Described from Shaanxi, China on three females and three males, the original description and figures suggest that this species is not a member of the genus Megalurothrips because of the following character states: tergite VIII with a long and complete posteromarginal comb; male abdominal sternites III–VII each with a large pore plate; fore wing first vein setal row widely interrupted. These characters indicate that grisbrunneus is a species of Taeniothrips . However, the original illustration of the head indicates a curious proliferation of small setae both in front of the ocellar triangle and also near the posterior margin of the vertex. Unfortunately the type specimens are not available for study, and the significance of this apparently unique chaetotaxy cannot be verified. Despite this illustration, grisbrunneus is probably closely related to picipes , a widespread Holarctic species that has been recorded in China from both Shaanxi and Henan (Mirab-balou et al. 2014).