Holopothrips ferrisi Moulton

Lindner, Mariana F., Ferrari, Augusto, Mound, Laurence A. & Cavalleri, Adriano, 2018, Holopothrips diversity-a Neotropical genus of gall-inducing insects (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4494 (1), pp. 1-99 : 36

Holopothrips ferrisi Moulton

( Figs 75–77 )

Holopothrips ferrisi Moulton, 1929: 13 .

Diagnostic features. Body (except antenna) uniformly brown; head long with maxillary stylets parallel, very close together medially; one pair of long setae on epimeral region; mesonotal and metanotal sculpture with internal markings; metanotum with elongate reticles, looking almost striate anteriorly; pelta with anterior margin forming an angular curve, reticulation covering the whole structure; males with pore plates on sternites VII–VIII, two anteroangular plates and two laterals on VII, two anteroangulars and one posterior transverse band on VIII, this transverse band extending towards tergite VIII.

Comments. This Mexican species was originally described from females collected from Coccoloba sp.. A male specimen identified as H. ferrisi by comparison with types was studied here, having some unusual traits such as the long head and long maxillary stylets, which almost touch each other medially ( Fig. 75 ). This species is similar to H. oaxacensis , which in its original description was distinguished from H. ferrisi mostly by differences in body size, and both species need further studies to confirm their identity ( Mound & Marullo 1996).

Material studied: 1 male non-type specimen; Mexico, Chiapas, 30.v.2014 (Infante, F.), at ANIC.

Figures

FIGURES 75–87. Holopothrips ferrisi, H. fulvus and H. graminis. 75–77. Holopothrips ferrisi: (75) head and pronotum; (76) mesonotum and part of metanotum; (77) pore plates on abdominal sternites VII–VIII; 78–82. Holopothrips fulvus, H. anacardii synonymy paratype and topotypes: (78) body; (79) head and pronotum; (80) metanotum and pelta; (81) spermatheca; (82) pore plates on abdominal sternite VIII; 83–87. Holopothrips graminis paratype: (83) head and pronotum; (84) mesonotum and metanotum; (85) prosternum showing chitinous islets (white arrows); (86) pelta; (87) spermatheca.