Dendrothripoides, Bagnall, 1923

Goldarazena, Arturo, Matsumoto, Masami, Ranarilalatiana, Tolotra, Dianzinga, Niry T., Frago, Enric & Michel, Bruno, 2020, Dendrothripoides moundi (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), a new species from Madagascar, Zootaxa 4877 (2), pp. 396-400 : 397

Key to species of Dendrothripoides

1. Body bicolored, head and thorax yellow in contrast to golden brown abdomen..................................... 2

-. Body not bicolored, largely yellowish..................................................................... 3

2. Fore wing uniformly dark brown to apex, but base with anterior margin narrowly pale extending to short pale cross area at veinal fork; metanotal median area with irregular polygons, one campaniform sensillum placed slightly in advance of the other; male sternal pore plates circular, less than 15 microns in diameter ( Philippines)....................... nakaharai Reyes

-. Fore wing brown with apex and base pale, but with wide white cross-band distal to veinal fork ( Fig. 6 ); metanotal median area with regular polygons, campaniform sensilla placed side-by-side; sternal pore plates of male transverse, about 20 microns wide and 5 microns long ( Madagascar)............................................................... moundi sp.n.

3. Abdominal tergites with fine microtrichia arising from equiangular reticulations; tergite VIII with setae S1 and S2 almost equal in length ( Philippines)................................................................ microchaetus Okajima

-. Abdominal tergites with spine-like microtrichia arising from V-shaped lines of sculpture; tergite VIII with S1 setae slightly shorter than S2 setae................................................................................... 4

4. Pronotal discal setae very small and slightly lanceolate; mouth-cone conical, extending between fore coxae; abdominal tergites VI–VII with S1 setae much larger than S2 setae (Pantropical)...................................... innoxius (Karny)

-. Pronotal discal setae large and distinctly lanceolate; mouth-cone long and slender, extending beyond fore coxae; abdominal tergites VI–VII with S1 setae much smaller than S2 setae...................................................... 5

5. Fore wing mainly dark brown, with small white area near base distally; males with large oval pore plates (Southern Africa).......................................................................................... venustus Faure

-. Fore wing with two dark areas separated by two white areas; males with pore plates small and circular ( Thailand)...................................................................................................... poni Kudo

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Dendrothripoides moundi n. sp. Female 1–6 Male 7 and 8. (1) Habitus; (2) Head; (3) Pronotum; (4) Meso- and Metanota; (5) antenna; (6) Wing; (7) Median pair of setae on tergite IX; (8) Median pair of line of tubercles on tergite IX