Anaphothrips Uzel, 1895

Alavi, Jalil, Yazdanian, Mohsen & Minaei, Kambiz, 2018, Anaphothrips sineconus and Hyalopterothrips brunneus, two new species of Anaphothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera) from Iran, Zootaxa 4388 (3), pp. 437-443 : 438

Anaphothrips Uzel

Anaphothrips Uzel, 1895: 211 . Type species Anaphothrips virgo Uzel , a synonym of Thrips obscurus Müller.

Anaphothrips is a genus containing 82 species (ThripsWiki 2018), with a large structural variation among the various species. Some of character states in some species are apparently “loss apomorphies” and thus have limited phylogenetic significance (Mound, personal communication 2017). This issue makes it difficult to assume the species all belong to a single lineage ( Mound & Masumoto 2009), and sometimes confuses taxonomists in identifying genera. This situation is clearly seen in apterous species.

The most important characters for characterizing Anaphothrips are as follows ( Mound & Masumoto 2009): apterous, micropterous or macropterous; antennae 8- or 9-segmented, sense cone on III forked (simple in some apterous Australian species, absent in A. sineconus ), on IV forked (simple in A. sineconus ); segment I without dorso-apical setae. Three pairs of ocellar setae present; eyes large, with six pigmented facets or without it (five in A. sineconus ); maxillary palps 3-segmented. Pronotum with no long setae; ferna usually entire, but sometimes well separated; basantra without setae. Mesonotal campaniform sensilla usually present but often small and inconspicuous. Metapre-episternum usually slender and tapers to the apex weakly developed. Mesothoracic furca with spinula; metathoracic furca without spinula. Tarsi 2-segmented. Fore wing (where macropterous) with setae short, first and second veins with setal row irregularly spaced; marginal cilia wavy; clavus with no discal setae. Abdominal tergites and sternites without posteromarginal craspeda; tergites without lateral ctenidia, campaniform sensilla far from posterior margin; tergite IX with two pairs of campaniform sensilla (one pair in A. sineconus ), mediodorsal setae short and arising laterally; tergite X with complete or incomplete dorsal split (absent in A. sineconus ); sternites without discal setae, III–VII with 3 pairs of marginal setae, median pair on VII ahead of posterior margin. Males (where known) with pore plates on sternite III or III–VII behind antecostal line, often large and C-shaped, but sometimes small and not C-shaped, or absent; tergite IX with or without dorsal paired thorn-like setae.