Teuchothrips turkestanicus (John) Dang & An & Mound & Qiao, 2024

Dang, Lihong, An, Yiyan, Mound, Laurence A. & Qiao, Gexia, 2024, Leaf-feeding species of the genus Liothrips from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 5419 (1), pp. 53-84 : 82

Teuchothrips turkestanicus (John) comb.n.

( Figs 14 , 88 )

Rhynchothrips turkestanicus John, 1928: 139 .

Described originally from Turkestan ( Kazakhstan) near the northwestern border of China, and one syntype female has been studied. The species was subsequently recorded by Han (1997b) from China, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. Han also redescribed it based on females with various wing lengths and also wingless males. The wingless female and male from Ningxia listed below have been compared to the syntype listed, and all known specimens of the species have a well-developed slender fore tarsal tooth ( Fig. 14 ). The species is therefore here transferred to the genus Teuchothrips .

Specimens studied. CHINA, Ningxia, Yinchuan , one female and one male on leaves of elm tree, 17.viii.1987, H. Tan ( SMF). TURKESTAN, co-type female, 10.v.1927, H. Priesner ( SMF) .

Figures

FIGURES 9–14. Heads and pronotum. Liothrips species (9–13): (9) brevis sp. n.; (10) mirabilis; (11) longistylus sp. n.; (12) populi sp. n.; (13) piceae sp. n. (14) Teuchothrips turkestanicus.

FIGURES 80–88. Metanotum and pelta. Liothrips species (80–87): (80) takahashii; (81) setinodis; (82) minys; (83) miyazakii; (84) tibetanus sp. n.; (85) vaneeckei; (86) wasabiae; (87) rohdeae. (88) Teuchothrips turkestanicus.