Androthrips, Karny, 1911

Wang, Chen, Duan, Bansuo, Li, Yajin & Zhang, Hongrui, 2025, Studies on the genus Androthrips from China, with a new species and a new synonym (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 5716 (1), pp. 139-145 : 140

Key to Androthrips species from China

[* based on description ( Chen 1979)]

1. All tibiae yellow ( Figs 1–3 )............................................................................. 2

-. Mid and hind tibiae brown ( Fig. 4 )...................................................... crus * or ramachandrai

2. Metanotum with major median pair of setae, and with one or two additional pairs of smaller setae arising anteriorly; antennal segments VII and VIII dark brown (Fig. 6); abdominal tergites III–VII with distinct reticulation (Fig. 22)........ monsterae

-. Metanotum without additional setae medially, only one pair of median setae present ( Fig. 14 ); antennal segments VII and VIII slightly pale brown (Fig.5); tergites III–VII smooth (Fig. 21)................................. huanglianensis sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Androthrips species. (1) A. huanglianensis, female macroptera. (2) paratype of A. guiyangensis, female, macroptera. (3) A. monsterae, female, macroptera. (4) A. ramachandrai, female, macroptera.

FIGURES 9–16. A.huanglianensis. (9) head; (10) apical fore tibia & fore tarsus; (11) inner margin of fore femur; (12) pronotum; (13) prosternite; (14) meso & metanotum; (15) pelta & tergite II; (16) mesopresternum.