Teuchothrips noumeaensis Bournier, 1993

Mound, Laurence A. & Goldarazena, Arturo, 2022, Antennal sense cone variation in Teuchothrips species of New Caledonia, with one new generic combination (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 5124 (2), pp. 238-244 : 241

Teuchothrips noumeaensis Bournier

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Teuchothrips noumeaensis Bournier, 1993: 357 .

This species was described from the female holotype and eight further females, taken in the rolled leaves of Hibbertia tontoutensis [ Dilleniaceae ] at Tontouta Valley not far from Noumea, New Caledonia. In common with many species of Teuchothrips the maxillary stylets are long, but they are particularly close together medially ( Fig. 3 ). It seems to be very similar to T. ornatus but has a curious sculptured area medially on the postoccipital ridge of the head, and the pronotal anteromarginal setae are longer with the posteroangular setae shorter. It remains known only from the type series, of which four female and one male paratypes were studied on loan from the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Heads of paratypes of Teuchothrips species. (1) cleistanthi; (2) kraussi; (3) ornatus; (4) noumeaensis.