Bradinothrips musae (Hood)

Lima, Élison Fabrício B., O’Donnell, Cheryle A., Sousa, Yago Lucas C. & Zamar, María Inés, 2021, Identification of second instar larvae of Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera Thripidae) in Brazil and Argentina, Zootaxa 5047 (4), pp. 453-464 : 456

Bradinothrips musae (Hood)

( Figs 7, 15 )

Body color pale. Dorsal setae long with roundly expanded apex ( Fig. 15 ). Head setae D1 inserted anteriorly to setae D4 ( Fig. 15 ). Antennal segment III with setae about 2/3 shorter than the length of the segment ( Fig. 7 ). Pronotum with no sclerotized blotch. Abdominal tergite II with a pair of spiracles; segment X with six anal setae with expanded apex, shorter and slender than other body setae, about 1/3 shorter than length of the segment. This species resembles P. dracaenae , but can be distinguished by the characters in the key. Larvae have been collected from banana crops, on which the species is considered a pest ( Lima et al. 2020), in the states of São Paulo and Santa Catarina, Brazil .

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. Panchaetothripinae second instar larvae (except where noted). Alive individuals 1–4: (1) Dinurothrips hookeri; (2) Dinurothrips vezenyii; (3) Helionothrips errans; (4) Retithrips syriacus; (5) Selenothrips rubrocinctus (adults and pupae). Antenna 6–14: (6) Brachyurothrips anomalus; (7) Bradinothrips musae; (8) Caliothrips insularis; (9) Caliothrips phaseoli; (10) Dinurothrips hookeri; (11) Elixothrips brevisetis; (12) Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis; (13) Heliothrips longisensibilis; (14) Heliothrips zucchi. (15) Bradinothrips musae head and pronotum.