Holopothrips ananasi, Costa Lima, 1935

Michel, Bruno & Etienne, Jean, 2020, The genus Holopothrips Hood, 1914 in Guadeloupe with descriptions of two new species (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4786 (2), pp. 254-260 : 259

Holopothrips ananasi Costa Lima, 1935

This species was mentioned from Guadeloupe by Etienne et al. (2015) on the basis of the material kept in the CI- RAD/CBGP collection, identified as Holopothrips ananasi . After re-examination of this material, together with comparison with the original description, and information provided by Lindner et al. (2018), we conclude that these specimens do not belong to the genus Holopothrips . The abdominal tergites bear only two pairs of wing-retaining setae, there are two sense cones on antennal segments III and IV, the sculpture of the metanotum is weak. In females, the spermatheca is not well sclerotized but visible. Therefore, this species is removed from the list of Holopothrips recorded from Guadeloupe.