Psephenothrips leptoceras Okajima, 2006

Dang, Li-Hong, Zhao, Lin-Peng, Li, Yan-Qiao & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2021, Studies on the genus Psephenothrips Reyes from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), with one new species, ZooKeys 1029, pp. 113-121 : 113

Psephenothrips leptoceras Okajima Figs 16-25

Psephenothrips leptoceras Okajima, 2006: 554.

Comments.

Described from Japan on dead branches, this species was recorded from Taiwan on Rhus semialata by Wang and Lin (2020). It is here recorded from the Chinese mainland in Yunnan Province for the first time, based on five females and one male from a mango tree. Although the original description stated this species was collected from dead branches, it could be feeding on green leaves.

Figures

Figures 16 - 25. Psephenothrips leptoceras 16 head, pronotum and fore leg 17 mesopresternum 18 meso- and metanotum 19 tergites IX-X, female 20 antenna 21 base of forewing 22 tergites V-VI 23 pelta 24 metathoracic sternopleural suture, left 25 tergites IX-X, male.