Hydatothrips

Mirab-Balou, Majid, Yang, Shu-Lan & Tong, Xiao-Li, 2013, One new species, four new records and key to species of Hydatothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from China (including Taiwan), Zootaxa 3641 (1) : -

Key to Hydatothrips species from China (adapted from Wang 2007)

[* indicates species included from descriptions; ** see Mirab-balou et al. 2011a: 60]

1. Antenna 7-segmented.................................................................................. 2

- Antenna 8-segmented.................................................................................. 5

2. Fore wing second vein with 1 seta [Zhejiang]................................................... H. longjingensis

- Fore wing second vein with 2 setae....................................................................... 3

3. Posterior margin of pronotal blotch strongly concave, anterior margin even or slightly curved ( Fig. 5 ); fore wing banded with brown and pale color [Guangdong].......................................................... H. ormosiae sp. n.

- Anterior and posterior margins of pronotal blotch strongly concave; fore wing brown, with a pale subbasal band.......... 4

4. Abdominal tergite VI paler than other tergites; tergites IV–VI with 5–7 lateral discal setae [ Taiwan].......... H. meriposa *

- Abdominal tergites V–VI paler than other tergites; tergites IV–VI with 7–13 lateral discal setae [ Taiwan]........... H. noro

5. Fore wing second vein with 1–2 setae..................................................................... 6

- Fore wing second vein without setae...................................................................... 8

6. Color of abdominal tergite IV paler than tergites III and V [ Taiwan]..................................... H. flavidus *

- Abdominal tergites other color patterns.................................................................... 7

7. Abdominal tergite V paler than tergites I–IV and VI–X [Yunnan, Guangdong, Taiwan]................... H. liquidambara

- Abdominal tergite V not the palest [Yunnan].......................................................... H. onari

8. Abdominal segment V paler than other segments [Zhejiang, Fujian]................................... H. abdominalis

- Abdominal color pattern different......................................................................... 9

9. Abdominal segment I- or II–VI paler than other segments..................................................... 10

- Abdominal segments IV & V paler than III & VI............................................................ 11

10. Abdominal tergites I–VI paler [Beijing, Zhejiang, Henan, Fujian, Jiangxi]................................. H. dentatus

- Abdominal tergites II–VI paler, brown in middle [Wuhan, Hunan, Sichuan]........................... H. heteraureus *

11. Pronotum in front of blotch between median pair of anteromarginal setae polygonally sculptured, not orientated in any direc- tion [Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan].................................................... H. aureus

- Pronotum in front of blotch transversely reticulate........................................................... 12

12. Fore wing shaded in basal half, the rest much paler [Beijing]...................................... H. boerhaaviae *

- Fore wing shaded in distal three fourths, not paler distally.................................................... 13

13. Abdominal tergite X with microtrichia; male sternites V–VII with transverse pore plates............................ 14

- Abdominal tergite X without microtrichia; male sternites V or VI–VII with transverse pore plates..................... 15

14. Anterior angles of blotch pointed and forwarded anteriorly [Henan]................................... H. funiuensis *

- Anterior angles of blotch not pointed [ Taiwan, Jiangsu, Hubei]............................................ H. ekasi

15. Male with pore plates on sternites VI & VII [Guizhou, Beijing, Shaanxi]............................... H. proximus **

- Male with pore plate only on sternite V [Guizhou]................................................ H. chinensis **

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 10. Hydatothrips ormosiae sp. n.: 3 – 4. Head: (3) Female, (4) Male; (5) Pronotum, female; (6) Mesonotum; (7) Metascutum; (8) Abdominal tergites V – VII; (9) Antennal segments VI & VII; (10) Metasternum.