Stictothrips

Minaei, Kambiz & Mound, Laurence, 2020, Key to world Stictothrips species with description of a new species from Iran (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4772 (2), pp. 379-384 : 380

Key to species of Stictothrips

(leopardinus not examined)

1. Body brown ( Fig. 14 ).................................................................................. 2

-. Body bicoloured ( Figs 1, 6 , 13 ).......................................................................... 3

2. Antennal segment VIII broadly joined to VII; notopleural sutures complete.................................. aoristus

-. Antennal segment VIII lanceolate ( Fig. 18 ); notopleural sutures incomplete................................ maculatus

3. Post ocular setae developed but not extending beyond hind margin of eye ( Fig. 15 ); notopleural sutures complete; sternite VIII of male with pair of round pore plates ( Fig. 16 )........................................................... farsi

-. Post ocular setae not developed; notopleural sutures incomplete; sternite VIII of male with one median pore plate ( Fig. 12 ). 4

4. Head with maxillary stylets about 50% of head width apart ( Fig. 17 ); fore tarsal tooth not developed in either sex ( Fig. 17 )................................................................................................ namadji

-. Head with maxillary stylets close together medially ( Figs 2 , 15 , 19 ); fore tarsal tooth developed in both sexes ( Figs 2 , 9, 10 , 19 )................................................................................................. 5

5. Antennal segment VII as uniformly brown as VI and VIII ( Fig. 7 ); tube uniformly brown ( Fig. 4 )............ denaeus sp.n.

-. Antennal segment VII sharply paler than VI and VIII ( Fig. 20 ); tube brown only on distal half ( Fig. 21 )................. 6

6. Head with cheeks strongly convex and swollen ( Fig. 19 ); antennal segment III at least 2.5 times as long as wide ( Fig. 20 ).................................................................................................. faurei

-. Head with genae not swollen but weakly convex (cf. Fig. 15 ); antennal segment III about 2.0 times as long as wide................................................................................................... leopardinus

Figures

FIGURES 13–18. (13) Stictothrips farsi, female; (14) S. aoristus, female; (15) S. farsi, head, female; (16) S. farsi, sternite VIII, male; (17) S. namadji, head & pronotum, female; (18) S. maculatus, antenna, female.

FIGURES 1–8. Stictothrips denaeus sp.n., macropterous and micropterous female. Macropterous: (1) Body; (2) Head, pronotum and prolegs; (3) Meso & metanotum; (4) Abdominal tergite IX and tube; (5) Abdominal tergites VII and VIII. Micropterous: (6) Body; (7) Antenna; (8) Ferna & mesopresternum.

FIGURES 9–12. Stictothrips denaeus sp.n., macropterous male: (9–10) Fore leg; (11) Pelta; (12) Abdominal sternites VII– VIII.

FIGURES 19–21. Stictothrips faurei, female: (19) Head, fore leg & pronotum; (20) Antenna; (21) Abdominal tergites VII–X.