Dorythrips species

Borbón, Carlos Manuel De, 2009, A redefinition of Dorythrips (Thysanoptera: Melanthripidae) with a description of a new species from Argentina, Zootaxa 2121, pp. 17-26 : 19-20

Key of Dorythrips species

1. Cephalic projection weakly developed, extending only to middle of antennal segment I ( Fig. 15); pronotal discal setae minute ( Fig. 16); Argentina............................................................................................................ moundi sp. n.

-. Cephalic projection well developed, extending to apex of antennal segment I ( Figs 1, 17, 19), pronotal discal setae more developed ( Figs 18, 20) ...................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Antennal segments III–V with circumpolar sensorium; Argentina................................................................. hastatus

-. Circumpolar sensorium only on antennal segments III and IV ( Fig. 3, 12) ............................................................... 3

3. Forewings with three dark and three light cross bands; only two pairs of major setae behind eyes; Australia............ ........................................................................................................................................................................... jenkinsi

-. Forewings uniformly pale gray-brown; three pairs of major setae behind eyes .......................................................... 4

4. Head with many microtrichia on sculpture lines ( Fig.17); fore tarsus apparently without small tubercles on inner ventral surface; Chile and Argentina.............................................................................................................. chilensis

-. Head without microtrichia on sculpture lines ( Fig. 19); fore tarsus with small tubercles on inner ventral surface ( Fig. 6) .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

5. Cephalic projection without lateral teeth; anteocellar setae about 0.5 times as long as interocellar setae ( Figs 9); Argentina........................................................................................................................................................ edentulus

-. Cephalic projection with lateral teeth as in chilensis ; anteocellar setae long, usually as long as interocellar setae; Australia........................................................................................................................................................... wallacei