Dolichothrips crassusensus Reyes, 1994: 376

Mound, Laurence A. & Okajima, Shûji, 2015, Taxonomic studies on Dolichothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae), pollinators of Macaranga trees in Southeast Asia (Euphorbiaceae), Zootaxa 3956 (1), pp. 79-96 : 85

Dolichothrips crassusensus Reyes, 1994: 376 .

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Known only from a single female, the original description of this species was in error in stating that there are only two sense cones on the third segment, when in fact there are three. It is a curiously bicoloured species, with the head and thorax brown ( Fig. 2 ), but the abdomen yellow with a brown tube. The hind legs are clear yellow, the mid legs have the femora weakly shaded medially, and the fore femora brown except at the apex. Antennal segments IV–VIII are uniformly brown, but segment III is clear yellow. The mesonotum has a short postero-median cleft, the metanotum has equiangular reticulation, the abdominal tergites have no additional wing retaining setae ( Fig. 19 ), and setal pair S1 on tergite IX are softly pointed and shorter than the tube.

Specimens examined. THE PHILIPPINES, Luzon , holotype female, 6.vi.1987, in ANIC .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Dolichothrips species, head & pronotum. (1) chikakoae sp. n.; (2) crassusensus; (3) eriae sp. n.; (4) reuteri; (5) longicollis; (6) franae sp. n.

FIGURES 17 – 33. Dolichothrips species. (17) eriae sp. n. fore leg; (18) chikakoae sp. n. pelta, tergites II – III; (19) crassusensus tergites II – IV; (20) fialae sp. n. pelta, tergites II – III; (21) indicus (nesius holotype) tergites II – III; (22) indicus Syntype tergites II – IV; (23) indicus from Mo’orea, pelta, tergites II – III; (24) franae sp. n. tergites II – III. Pelta and tergites II – III 25 – 29: (25) eriae sp. n.; (26) longicollis; (27) macarangai; (28) utae sp. n.; (29) reuteri. Male pseudovirga 30 – 33: (30) fialae sp. n.; (31) longicollis; (32) macarangai; (33) reuteri.