Liothrips hsuae Wang & Lin, 2020: 362 Leaf-feeding species of the genus Liothrips from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) Dang, Lihong An, Yiyan Mound, Laurence A. Qiao, Gexia Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-05 5419 1 53 84   Liothrips hsuae  Wang & Lin, 2020: 362   8RT4B Wang & Lin Wang & Lin 2020 [151,504,1683,1710] Insecta Phlaeothripidae Liothrips Animalia Thysanoptera 14 67 Arthropoda species hsuae      Liothrips hsuae Wang & Lin, 2020: 362.  Described from Taiwanon  Ficussp., this species was stated to be similar to  L. piperinus, but it seems to be more similar to  L. kuwayamaiin body shape and coloration. Both of them have a complete mesopresternum with median protrusion, although in  Liothripsspeciesthis sclerite is usually eroded medially or divided into two lateral triangles. Wang and Lin (2020)indicated that these two species might be distinguished by length of pronotal am, which was minute in  L. kuwayamaibut well-developed in  L. hsuae. However, the redescription of  L. kuwayamaifrom Okajima (2006)based on 131 femalesincluding the holotypeshowed that both am and aa setae on the pronotum were well-developed, and no other features were found to differentiate these species. Therefore,  L. hsuaeis possibly a synonym of  L. kuwayamaiand is excluded from the key given above.