Psalidothrips longidens Wang, Tong & Zhang

Zhao, Chao, Zhang, Hongrui & Tong, Xiaoli, 2018, Species of the fungivorous genus Psalidothrips Priesner from China, with five new species (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), ZooKeys 746, pp. 25-50 : 41

Psalidothrips longidens Wang, Tong & Zhang Figs 25-26, 77

Psalidothrips longidens Wang, Tong & Zhang, 2007: 30.

Comments.

This species belongs to the group in which the fore tarsal tooth is present in both sexes (Figs 25-26). The following characters can distinguish it from congeneric species: antennal segments III and IV each with three sense cones; fore tarsus of females armed with a long and strong tooth, pelta irregularly rectangular without campaniform sensilla, and male with a transverse and weakly curved pore plate (Fig. 77) which does not reach the lateral margins.

Distribution.

China (Guangdong).