Holopothrips carolinae Mound & Marullo

(Figs 51–52)

Holopothrips carolinae Mound & Marullo, 1996: 295 .

Diagnostic features. Body mostly yellow, with head brown with posterior margin yellow and abdominal segment X brown; one pair of long setae on epimeral region; metanotal sculpture reticulate; fore wings without duplicated cilia; pelta sculpture reticulate, weaker or absent posteriorly; female spermatheca not enlarged.

Comments. This bicoloured species is known only from the female holotype collected in Costa Rica from Pentaclethra (Fabaceae) . It is unique in the absence of duplicated cilia in fore wings, and in having only segment X of the abdomen brown in colour (Fig. 51), whereas all other bicoloured species of Holopothrips have at least abdominal segments IX and X brown. Antennal segments III & IV bear only two sense cones each.

Material studied. Female holotype, Costa Rica, La Selva, in Pentaclethra canopy fogging, 5.x.1992, code LAM 2410 (BMNH).