Holopothrips fulvus Morgan

(Figs 78–82)

Holopothrips fulvus Morgan 1929: 6 .

Holopothrips anacardii Hood, 1942: 581 .

Diagnostic features. Body mostly yellow with head bicoloured and abdominal segments IX–X brown; head cheeks rounded, po setae reduced or absent, maxillary stylets parallel; one pair of long setae on epimeral region; metanotal sculpture formed by broad reticles, without internal markings; pelta with broad reticles, without internal markings; males with three pore plates on sternite VIII; female spermatheca weakly swollen medially.

Comments. Another species with a striking bicoloured body, H. fulvus was described from Bahia, Brazil, on cotton, and recorded subsequently (as H. anacardii) damaging Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae) and Caryocar villosum (Caryocaraceae) (Mound & Marullo 1996; Lima et al. 2017). We studied some type specimens of the synonymous H. anacardii in this work. A detailed and illustrated redescription of this species is provided by Lima et al. (2017).

Material studied. 1 male paratype ( H. anacardii); Brazil, Bahia, in Anacardium occidentale leaves, (Bondar, G.), at NMNH. Slide with code “691”.

Non-type specimen: 2 female topotypes ( H. anacardii); Brazil, Bahia (Bondar, G.), at BMNH and NMNH. Slides with codes “1292” and “Bondar, 691”.