Urothrips Bagnall

Ulitzka, Manfred R. & Mound, Laurence A., 2014, New generic synonyms in the Palaeotropical genus Urothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) with one new species from Seychelles, Zootaxa 3755 (6), pp. 595-600 : 596-598

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.6.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6127111
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scientific name	Urothrips Bagnall
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Urothrips Bagnall View in CoL

Urothrips Bagnall, 1909: 126 View in CoL . Type species U. paradoxus Bagnall View in CoL , by monotypy.

Coxothrips Bournier, 1964: 75 . Type species C. reticulatus Bournier View in CoL , by monotypy. Syn.n.

Ananthakrishnaniella Stannard, 1970: 118. Type species A. tarai Stannard , by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1998: 178. Biconothrips Stannard, 1971: 121 . Type species B. reedi Stannard View in CoL , by monotypy. Syn.n.

Diagnosis. Apterous, anterior margin of head without prominent setae but sometimes produced over base of antennae; eyes reduced to about 10 ommatidia; all head setae small; stylets retracted to eyes, one-third of head width apart; antenna 8-segmented, but variously reduced to 5 visible segments due to fusion between different segments, III with 1 sensorium, IV with 2; pronotum transverse, setae small and pointed, epimeral setae larger, notopleural sutures not present; basantra absent; mesopresternum variable; fore tarsus usually with hook-like hamus on external margin; mesothorax swollen laterally, hind coxae further apart than mid coxae; pelta fully transverse, indistinctly separated from tergite II; tergites strongly sculptured, setae small, without wing-retaining setae; segments IX–X elongate much longer than VIII; anal setae usually longer than tube.

Comment. With the description of the new species below, the genus Urothrips now includes nine species ( Table 1), all from the Old World. This genus shares most character states with the New World genus, Trachythrips Hood , but species in that genus have distinctive, fully transverse, prosternal basantra.

Urothrips bagnalli Trybom, 1913 View in CoL [ Natal, South Africa]

Urothrips gibberosa ( Kudo, 1989) Comb. View in CoL n. [ Nepal]

Urothrips junctus ( Okajima & Urushihara, 1995) Comb. View in CoL n. [ Thailand] Urothrips kobroi View in CoL sp.n. [ Seychelles]

Urothrips minor Faure, 1933 View in CoL [ South Africa]

Urothrips paradoxus Bagnall, 1909 View in CoL [ Kenya to South Africa & Angola] Urothrips reedi ( Stannard, 1970) Comb. View in CoL n. [widespread across Australia] Urothrips reticulatus ( Bournier, 1963) Comb. View in CoL n. [ Angola] Urothrips tarai ( Stannard, 1970) Comb. View in CoL n. [ India]