Liothrips floridensis (Watson)

Dang, Lihong, An, Yiyan, Mound, Laurence A. & Qiao, Gexia, 2024, Leaf-feeding species of the genus Liothrips from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 5419 (1), pp. 53-84 : 66

Liothrips floridensis (Watson)

( Figs 67 , 75 )

Cryptothrips floridensis Watson, 1913: 145 .

This species was described from Satsuma, Florida, USA, from Cinnamomum camphora [ Lauraceae ], but is wide spread in Japan, Taiwan and Sri Lanka ( Okajima 2006). In China, the first record was from Hainan on Lauraceae ( Zhang 1984) ; Zhang et al. (1999) reported it from the following places Fujian, Hainan, Guangdong and Taiwan. Two males from Guangdong have been studied here, which came from leaves of Litsea glutinosa ( Lauraceae ). L. floridensis is easy distinguished by the mesopresternum boat-shaped and extending anteriorly at middle ( Fig. 67 ), with all legs brown but fore tibiae pale at apices and fore tarsi pale, and metanotum sculptured with polygonal reticulation ( Fig. 75 ). The two males from Guangdong have the postocular setae slightly longer than the eyes.

Specimens studied. CHINA, Guangdong, Foshan City , two males on Litsea glutinosa , 6.v.1958, Y.F. Han ( NZMC) . U.S.A., California, three females on Cinnamomum camphora , 9.ix.2011, N. Nisson ( ANIC) .

Figures

FIGURES 61–68. Liothrips species. Mesopresternum (61–65): (61) populi sp. n.; (62) rohdeae; (63) wasabiae; (64) vaneeckei; (65) motuoensis sp. n. Mesopresternum and metathoracic sternopleural sutures (66–68): (66) piceae sp. n.; (67) floridensis; (68) tibetanus sp. n.

FIGURES 69–79. Metanotum and pelta of Liothrips species. (69) bomiensis; (70) bournierorum; (71) brevis sp. n.; (72) heptapleuricola; (73) motuoensis sp. n.; (74) hagai; (75) floridensis; (76) piceae sp. n.; (77) elongatus sp. n.; (78) populi sp. n.; (79) mohanrami.