Stephanothrips occidentalis Hood & Williams, 1925

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Stephanothrips occidentalis Hood & Williams, 1925

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Stephanothrips occidentalis Hood & Williams, 1925: 69

Specimens examined (all specimens were collected from leaf-litter unless otherwise noted). CHINA. Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town , Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden ( 21°55'45"N, 101°15'04"E) , 1 female, 13.iv.1987 ( Weiqiu Zhang). Jinghong City, The Institute of Tropical Crops ( 22°00'18"N, 100°47'11"E) , 1 female, 5.iv.1987 ( Xiaoli Tong). Guangdong, Fengkai County, Heishiding National Nature Reserve ( 23°27′N, 111°54′E) , 1 female, 4.vi.1987 ( Xiaoli Tong). Zhaoqing City, Dinghushan National Nature Reserve ( 23°10'N, 112°32'E) , 1 female, 4.viii.2001 ( Zhiwei Li). Xinyi City, Mt. Tianmashan ( 22°27'N, 110°41'E) , 1 female, 7.iv.2011 ( Tao Song). Dongguan City, Mt. Yinpingshan ( 22°54'09"N, 114°09'42"E) , 2 females, on fresh leaf of fern Stenoloma chusanum (Lindsaeaceae) , 10.ix.2014 ( Chao Zhao). Gaozhou City, Mt. Sanguanshan ( 21°55'10"N, 111°8'40"E) , 3 females collected from dead twigs of Acacia auriculiformis (Leguminosae) , 15.xii.2014 ( Chao Zhao). Shenzhen City, Mt. Wutongshan ( 22°33'38"N, 114°13'34"E, alt. 110m) , 1 female collected from fresh leaf of a shrub, 19.xii.2015 ( Zhaohong Wang). Hainan, Danzhou City, The Tropical Botanic Garden ( 22°54'09"N, 114°09'42"E) , 1 female from fresh leaf of unknown plant, 19.x.2014 ( Chao Zhao). Baisha County, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve , Yinggezui Protection Station ( 19°02'N, 109°33'E) , 1 female, 29.iv.2011 (Tao Song), 16 females, 18.x.2014 (Chao Zhao), 1 female collected from fresh leaf of Argyreia acuta (Convolvulaceae) , 9.i.2016 ( Xiaoli Tong). INDONESIA . Bali Is., Pegok, 25.vii.1984 ( S. Okajima leg.), slide No.In-62 (SO, TUA).

Distribution. China ( Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan); Japan; Indonesia; USA; West Indies. Widespread in the tropics and subtropics in the world.

Figures

FIGURE 30. Distribution map of Stephanothrips species in China.

FIGURES 1 – 6. Habitus of female: (1) Stephanothrips austrinus sp. n.; (2) S. japonicus Saikawa; (3) S. kentingensis Okajima; (4) S. occidentalis Hood & Williams; (5) Bradythrips zhangi Wang & Tong; (6) Habrothrips curiosus Ananthakrishnan

FIGURES 19 – 22. Mesoeusternum, meso- and metafurcae of Stephanothrips spp.: (19) S. austrinus sp. n.; (20) S. japonicus; (21) S. kentingensis; (22) S. occidentalis