Retithrips syriacus (Mayet)

Lima, Élison Fabrício B., O’Donnell, Cheryle A., Sousa, Yago Lucas C. & Zamar, María Inés, 2021, Identification of second instar larvae of Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera Thripidae) in Brazil and Argentina, Zootaxa 5047 (4), pp. 453-464 : 459

Retithrips syriacus (Mayet)

( Fig. 4 , 34, 41 )

Head and pronotum golden brown with brown spots laterally; meso- and metanotum and abdominal segments I–V pale with red internal pigment; abdominal segment I with red internal pigment with a pair of white spots on lateral thirds; segments II–V with red internal pigment; segment VI pale; segments VII–X orange ( Fig. 4 ). Antennal segment III with setae shorter than the length of the segment. Dorsal setae with acute apex. Pronotum with no sclerotized blotch. Abdominal tergite II with spiracles; segment X with 16–18 anal setae about 2x longer than the length of the segment ( Fig. 41 ). Spiracles with no or one pore on facets ( Fig. 34 ). Individuals are available from Brazil from the states of São Paulo, Espírito Santo and Piauí from roses, Terminalia cattapa , grapes and Jatropha curcas (CHNUFPI) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. Panchaetothripinae second instar larvae (except where noted). Alive individuals 1–4: (1) Dinurothrips hookeri; (2) Dinurothrips vezenyii; (3) Helionothrips errans; (4) Retithrips syriacus; (5) Selenothrips rubrocinctus (adults and pupae). Antenna 6–14: (6) Brachyurothrips anomalus; (7) Bradinothrips musae; (8) Caliothrips insularis; (9) Caliothrips phaseoli; (10) Dinurothrips hookeri; (11) Elixothrips brevisetis; (12) Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis; (13) Heliothrips longisensibilis; (14) Heliothrips zucchi. (15) Bradinothrips musae head and pronotum.

FIGURES 22–42. Panchaetothripinae second instar larvae. (22) Caliothrips phaseoli meso- and metanotum. (23) Heliothrips zucchi (leg). Spiracle 24–34: (24) Brachyurpthrips anomalus (tergite VIII); (25) Caliothrips phaseoli (mesonotum); (26) Dinurothrips hookeri (mesonotum); (27) Dinurothrips hookeri (tergite VIII); (28) Helionothrips errans (mesonotum); (29) Helionothrips errans (tergite VIII); (30) Elixothrips brevisetis (mesonotum); (31) Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (mesonotum); (32) Hercinothrips bicinctus (mesonotum); (33) Hercinothrips bicinctus (tergite II); (34) Retithrips syriacus (mesonotum). Abdominal tergites 35–42: (35) Brachyurothrips anomalus (IX–X); (36) Dinurothrips hookeri (VIII–X); (37) Dinurothrips vezenyii (IX-X), (38) Hercinothrips bicinctus (VIII–X); (39) Helionothrips errans (III–X); (40) Hercinothrips femoralis (VIII–X); (41) Retithrips syriacus (IX–X); (42) Selenothrips rubrocinctus (VI–X).