Holopothrips erianthi (Hood)

(Figs 66–68)

Homorothrips erianthi Hood, 1954: 52 .

Diagnostic features. Body (except antenna) uniformly brown; head slightly longer than wide, maxillary stylets parallel, retracted to posterior margin of eyes; one pair of long setae on epimeral region; mesonotal sculpture without internal markings; metanotal sculpture striate thoroughly; pelta with irregular reticles covering the whole structure, without internal markings; males with two anteroangular pore plates on sternites VI–VIII, and a widely interrupted posterior transverse plate on VIII.

Comments. Originally described in the monotypic genus Homorothrips, based on individuals collected from a species of grass in Southeastern Brazil. In the UFRGS collection there are several specimens from different areas of Brazil, from a variety of plants (including Myrcia splendens, the apparent host plant of H. conducans galls), which are believed to belong to this species. No type specimens could be observed in this work.

Material studied: 2 non-type specimens; Brazil, Minas Gerais (?), in Lithraea brasiliensis, at ANIC. Slide with code “9Mg57-2”.