Holopothrips pennatus Moulton

(Fig. 211)

Holopothrips pennatus Moulton, 1938: 379 .

Holopothrips arachnionis Hood, 1955: 139 .

Diagnostic features. Body (except antenna) uniformly brown, with all legs fully yellow, clavus and basal area of fore wings shaded brown; maxillary stylets probably parallel; one pair of long setae on epimeral region; metanotal sculpture formed by equiangular reticulation without internal markings; female spermatheca enlarged medially.

Comments. This species, described from Southeastern Brazil from an unidentified Apocynaceae, is unique for its combination of uniformly brown body and legs clear yellow (Fig. 211), while the other brown Holopothrips species have at least the femora brown. It shares with H. ananasi, H. claritibialis, H. hambletoni, H. punctatus sp. n., H. tillandsiae and a few bicoloured species the metanotal sculpture formed by equiangular reticles, but is easily distinguished from all of them by the unusual leg colouration.

Material studied. 1 female paratype; Brazil, Minas Gerais, on woody Apocynaceae, 1.v.1933 (Hambleton, E.J.), at BMNH. Slide with code “No. 5227”.