Apterygothrips brunneicornus Han

Dang, Lihong, Zhao, Linpeng, Li, Yanqiao & Qiao, Gexia, 2022, The genus Apterygothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae, Haplothripini) from China, with one new species, ZooKeys 1112, pp. 1-9 : 1

Apterygothrips brunneicornus Han

Figs 1-5 , 21

Apterygothrips brunneicornus Han, 1991: 337.

Comments.

This species was described by Han et al. (1991) from Sichuan Province and Tibet based on two females. In the present study, we checked the two type specimens. They were squashed (Fig. 1 ), but fortunately the major characters could be seen. Apterygothrips brunneicornus is similar to A. flavescens Dang & Qiao sp. nov. in having major setae pointed (Figs 2 , 3 ), and it comes from the same location: Tibet. It can be distinguished by having body uniformly brown (Fig. 1 ), antenna brown with segment III paler at base (Figs 1 , 4 ), antennal segment IV with 1+2 sense cones, fore tarsal tooth present (Fig. 5 ), pronotum with five pairs of well-developed setae (Fig. 2 ) and by its pelta shape (Fig. 21 ).

Figures

Figures 1 - 5. Apterygothrips brunneicornus. Holotype female (1 - 4) 1 adult 2 head, pronotum and fore legs 3 tergites IX-X 4 antenna; paratype female (5) 5 paratype female: head, pronotum and fore legs. Scale bars: 100 μm.

Figures 14 - 21. Apterygothrips spp. A. flavescens Dang & Qiao sp. nov. (14 - 20) 14 adult, female 15 adult, male 16 head, pronotum and fore legs 17 tergites IX-X, female 18 tergites IX-X, male 19 tergites V-VI 20 pelta; A. brunneicornus (21): 21 pelta. Scale bars: 100 μm.