Azaleothrips siamensis Okajima, 1978

Dang, Lihong, Li, Yaya, Mound, Laurence A. & Qiao, Gexia, 2023, The Oriental fungus-feeding genus Azaleothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1964 from China with one new species and four new records (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae), ZooKeys 1183, pp. 219-231 : 219

Azaleothrips siamensis Okajima, 1978

Figs 6 , 12 , 18 , 30

Azaleothrips siamensis Okajima, 1978: 389.

Specimens studied.

China - Guangxi • 1♀ (SNUT); Chongzuo, Daxin; on dead wood; 25.vii.2021; Xia Wang leg. Yunnan • 4♀1♂ (NZMC); Mengla; one dead branch; 10 & 17.iv.1997; Yunfa Han leg. Chongqing • 1♀ (NZMC); one dead branch; 1.viii.1999; Yunfa Han leg.

Comments.

Described from northern Thailand on dead leaves, this species was first recorded from China, Guizhou, by Han (1992). Here, six females and one male each from Guangxi, Chongqing, and Yunnan suggest that this species may be common in southern China. These specimens have much paler pronotum (Fig. 18 ) and shorter anal setae than the specimens described from Thailand in the original description ( Okajima 1978), but no other differences have been observed.

Figures

Figures 1 - 7. Heads of Azaleothrips species 1 A. formosae 2 A. laevigatus 3 A. laevigatus, ventral view of head 4 A. sphaericus sp. nov. 5 A. lepidus 6 A. siamensis 7 A. templeri.

Figures 8 - 14. Antennae of Azaleothrips species 8 A. formosae 9 A. laocai 10 A. laevigatus 11 A. moundi 12 A. siamensis 13 A. sphaericus sp. nov. 14 A. templeri.

Figures 15 - 18. Pronotum of Azaleothrips species 15 A. formosae 16 A. laevigatus 17 A. lepidus 18 A. siamensis.

Figures 24 - 30. Abdomen of Azaleothrips species 24 - 27 pore plate on sternite VIII 24 A. sphaericus sp. nov. 25 A. laevigatus 26 A. lepidus 27 A. formosae 28 - 30 tergites IX-X 28 A. sphaericus sp. nov. 29 A. laevigatus 30 A. siamensis.