Lefroyothrips, Priesner, 1938

Li, Yajin & Zhang, Hongrui, 2024, Two new species of Lefroyothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripinae) from China, Zootaxa 5489 (1), pp. 92-98 : 92-93

Key to the species of Lefroyothrips from China

1. Abdominal sternite VII of female with setae S2 situated in front of posterior margin; body uniformly brown or pale ( Figs 1 , 13, 14 ), sometimes with brown markings on the median region of abdominal ( Figs 16–20 ); antennal segment V yellow or extensively pale at basal ⅔ ( Figs 6 , 21 ).................................................................... 2

-. Abdominal sternite VII of female with setae S2 situated at posterior margin; body with varying shades of brown, with abdominal segments remarkably VI–X darker ( Fig. 7 ); antennal segment V dark brown with only basal third yellow ( Fig. 12 )................................................................................................. laurencei sp. n.

2. Head with postocular setae arranged in two rows; fore wing first vein with 7 basal setae and three distal setae ( Figs 23–25 ); ocellar setae pair III less than 30 microns.............................................................. lefroyi

-. Head with postocular setae arranged in one row ( Fig. 4 ); fore wing first vein with 7 basal setae and two distal setae ( Fig. 5 ); ocellar setae pair III more than 60 microns....................................................... aliceae sp. n.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. L. aliceae sp. n. (1) Body of female; (2) Meso-metanotum; (3) Pronotum; (4) Head; (5) Fore wing; (6) Antenna.

FIGURES 13–25. Lefroyothrips lefroyi. (13–20). Body color variation of female; (21) Antenna of female; (22) Antenna of male; (23–25) Variation of fore wing.

FIGURES 7–12. L. laurencei sp. n. (7) Body of female; (8) Head and pronotum; (9) Fore wing; (10) Meso-metanotum; (11) Abdominal tergites VIII–X; (12) Antenna.