Pseudodendrothrips darci (Girault)

Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2017, Studies on Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Japan, with new records and one new species, Zootaxa 4362 (3), pp. 405-420 : 413

Pseudodendrothrips darci (Girault)

( Figs 5 , 43 )

Proscirtothrips darci Girault, 1930: 1 .

This Australian species is very similar to P. bhattii as indicated above, but the pronotum usually has paired longitudinal dark markings ( Fig. 5 ), although these are often weak, whereas P. bhattii never has such dark markings on the pronotum. Mound (1999) stated P. darci was not distinguishable from P. bhatti collected from Morus in Thailand, and suggested that P. darci , P. bhattii and P. mori might represent a single species. However, at least females of this species may be distinguished from the two Japanese species by stout setae on abdominal tergite and sternite IX ( Figs 42, 43 ). P. darci is newly recorded from Ficus spp. and Toxicodendron succedaneum [ Anacardiaceae ] in Okinawa, Japan. Moreover, specimens from Morus at Bangkok, Thailand that were identified as P. bhatti in Mound (1999) are now recognized as P. darci , and specimens have also been studied from Morus at Kolkata, India [L.Mound in litt. 16.x.2017].

Specimens examined. JAPAN: Ryukyus: Okinawa Pref.: Ishigaki-jima Island, nr. Nagura, Takeda, 10 females on leaves of Ficus erectus [ Moraceae ], 11-i-1991, S. Okajima (TUA). Ishigaki-jima Is., Takeda-rindou, 1 female [host unknown], 16-i-1991, S. Okajima (TUA). Okinawa Island, Naha City, Sueyoshi park: 4 females on leaves of Ficus erectus , 22-i-2005, K. Minoura (TUA); on leaves of Ficus microcarpa , 8 females, 17-xi-2010, and 4 females, 19-xi-2010, K. Minoura (TUA). Okinawa Island, Urazoe City, Iso, 4 females & 1 male on leaves of Toxicodendron succedaneum , 19-xi-2010, K. Minoura (TUA). AUSTRALIA: Queensland: Brisbane, The Gap, 2 females on Morus sp., 21-i-2007, D. J. Tree (TUA). Carnarvon, Station Res., 1 female on Ficus coronata , iv-2007, A. Wells (TUA).

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Japanese species of Dendrothripinae. Leucothrips, female 1–3. (1) L. furcatus; (2) L. nigripennis; (3) L. piercei. Pseudodendrothrips, 4–10; (4) P.bhattii, female; (5) P.darci, female; (6) P.lateralis, female; (7) P.lateralis, male:(8) P. maculatus, female; (9) P.maculatus, male; (10) P.mori, female.

FIGURES 38–43. Pseudodendrothrips species. P. maculatus sp. n., female 38–39; (38) Abdominal tergite V (omitted dots between longitudinal ridges); (39) Abdominal tergites VII–X. P. maculatus sp. n., male 40–41; (40) Head & pronotum (sculptureomitted on pronotum); (41) Abdominal tergites IX–X.Abdominal tergites IX–X,female, 42–43; (42) P.bhattii; (43) P. darci.