Astrothrips tumiceps Karny, 1923

Li, Yajin, Mound, Laurence A., Xie, Yanlan & Zhang, Hongrui, 2021, Species of Astrothrips from China, with one new species and a list of plant associations (Thysanoptera, Panchaetothripinae), Zootaxa 4920 (2), pp. 267-277 : 276

Astrothrips tumiceps Karny

( Figs 13 , 21 )

Described from Java, Indonesia, this species is recorded widely across Southeast Asia from India to Japan and northern Australia ( Rachana et al. 2019). It is here recorded in China for the first time. The anterior half of the mesonotum in this species is clearly divided into two by a deep notch ( Fig. 21 ). Antennal segments III–IV of males have the sense cone forked but in female these sense cones are simple ( Kudo 1995).

Material studied. CHINA, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna tropical botanical garden, 4 females and 1 male from Moringa oleifera , 1 female from Ficus championii , 1 female from Sarcandra glabra , 11.iii.2017 (Zhang Hong-rui, Li Ya-jin) .

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Head and pronotum of Astrothrips species. (9) aucubae; (10) globiceps; (11) chisinliaoensis (12) strasseni; (13) tumiceps; (14) Pronotum of glanduculus (variant); (15) glanduculus; (16) asiaticus.

FIGURES 17–26. Astrothrips species. 17–18, 20–22. Meso-metanotum of Astrothrips species (17) strasseni; (18) chisinliaoensis; (19) Antennae of aucubae; (20) aucubae; (21) tumiceps; (22) glanduculus; (23) Fore wing of glanduculus; 24–26 Antennae of Astrothrips species (24) glanduculus; (25) chisinliaoensis; (26) strasseni.