Bactrothrips honoris (Bagnall)

Dang, Lihong & Qiao, Gexia, 2012, The genus Bactrothrips in China (Thysanoptera: Idolothripinae): morphological and molecular data, and a key with two new species, Zootaxa 3449, pp. 47-61 : 56

Bactrothrips honoris (Bagnall)

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Megathrips honoris Bagnall, 1921: 395 .

Described originally as Megathrips honoris , and recorded from Taiwan, China, by Chen (1982), this species was transferred to Bactrothrips by Mound & Palmer (1983). It is recorded here from mainland China for the first time, based on details in Haga & Okajima (1989) and Okajima (2006). It is distinguished from the other species except B. elongatus by the longer sense-cones on antennal segment III. It is distinguished from B. elongatus by hind tibiae bicoloured and tubercles on abdominal segment VI of male uniformly dark brown.

Material examined. CHINA, Guangxi Auto. Reg. (Wuming County, Daming Mountain), 1 female on driedup hanging tree leaves, 28.v.2011, L.H. Dang; Yunnan Prov. (Xishuangbanna District), 2 females on dead tree leaves, 7.x.2010, M.Y. Lin.

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Yunnan, Taiwan); Japan.

Figures

FIGURES 31 – 37. Bactrothrips spp. Dorsal view of head: 31, B. brevitubus; 32, B. flectoventris; 33, B. honoris; 34, B. pictipes; 35, B. quadrituberculatus; 36, B. elongatus n. sp.; 37, B. furvescrus n. sp. Scale bars = 100 μm.