Glyptothrips flavescens Hood, 1912

Lindner, Mariana Flores, Ferrari, Augusto, Lima, Élison Fabrício Bezerra & Cavalleri, Adriano, 2023, Morphological identification of Glyptothrips species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 5375 (1), pp. 31-57 : 45

Glyptothrips flavescens Hood, 1912

( Figs 25–27 )

This, the type species of Glyptothrips , has several unique traits. Besides the 7-segmented antennae, it lacks thick and capitate ventrolateral setae, has the AA setae closer to the reduced AM (only seen elsewhere in G. floridensis and G. interior ), and the sculpture on thorax and abdomen bears multiple tubercles ( Fig. 26 ).

Known wing forms: macropterous, micropterous and apterous.

Specimens studied. Holotype ♀; United States of America, Illinois, Grand Tower , in sweepings from grass, 10.vii.1909 (C.A. Hart), at NMNH.

Paratype one ♀, United States of America, Illinois, Putaski , in sweeping from grass, 28.vi.1909 (Cleared in KOH, remounted 1952), at NMNH .

One ♀ (non-type); Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, São Francisco de Assis , 4.ii.2013 (A. Cavalleri), at UFRGS .

Figures

FIGURES 25–27. Glyptothrips flavescens, female holotype and female paratype. (25) Female. (26) Head, thorax and abdominal segments I–IV. (27) Abdominal segments VI–X.