Taeniothrips ciliaris (Reyes) Reyes, 2015

Mirab-Balou, Majid, Mound, Laurence A. & Tong, Xiao-Li, 2015, New combinations and a new generic synonym in the genus Taeniothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 3964 (3), pp. 371-378 : 372

Taeniothrips ciliaris (Reyes) comb.n.

Javathrips ciliaris Reyes, 1994: 227 .

This species was described from the Philippines, Mindanao, on five females and one male, of which the male and the holotype female (in ANIC) have been studied. Apart from the relatively long head that projects slightly in front of the eyes ( Fig. 1 ), this species is here considered to be a typical Taeniothrips species. In the female, antennal segment IV is similar in shape to that of a large female of eucharii with the sense cone extending to the mid-point of segment V, the pronotum has three pairs of posteromarginal setae, and antennal segment VI of the male is not greatly different from that of the female. The metanotal campaniform sensilla are unusually close together, almost contiguous in the female holotype. In the key to species ( Mound et al. 2012) this species tracks to couplet 10 or even 14. However, in contrast to the species included in that key antennal segment III is yellow in contrast to the brown of segments IV–VIII.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. (1) Taeniothrips ciliaris, head and thorax; (2) Taeniothrips variegatus, head and thorax; (3 – 4) Taeniothrips euchariae, antennal segments of small and large female; (5) Taeniothrips damansarae, antenna; (6 – 8) Taeniothrips musae: (6) Antenna, (7) Female, holotype, (8) Abdominal sternites of male, showing pore plates.