Neohydatothrips tabulifer (Priesner)

Mirab-Balou, Majid, Tong, Xiao-Li & Yang, Shu-Lan, 2013, Neohydatothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from China: new species and records, with a key to species, Zootaxa 3700 (1), pp. 185-194 : 194

Neohydatothrips tabulifer (Priesner)

Sericothrips tabulifer Priesner, 1935: 351 .

Described from Japan and recorded from Taiwan, this species is newly recorded from mainland China, and identified from the published description. In the specimens listed below the color of mid- and hind femora is yellow to yellowish-brown, but the original description states that these are dark brown.

Material studied. 1 female, 3 males (in SCAU), CHINA, Guangdong Province, Cuizhu Park (22°33′49″N, 114°07′39″E), Shenzhen, from Antidesma bunius (Euphorbiaceae) , 9.X.2012, coll. Yang Shu-lan.

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Taiwan); Japan, Malaysia.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Prof. Zhang Wei-qiu of South China Agricultural University for his useful advices. Thanks also to Ms. Chen Xinfang, The Instrumental Analysis and Research Center (SCAU), for assistance with the SEM. We are grateful to Dr. L.A. Mound for his critical comments on an early version of the manuscript. This study was supported by Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in the Public Interest (No. 200803025).