Neohydatothrips fimbriatus (Hood)

(Figs 91, 92)

Sericothrips fimbriatus Hood, 1954: 200 .

Female macroptera. Colour: body strongly bicoloured (Fig. 91), brown on head, mesonotum, metanotum, tergites II–IV and VII–VIII, tergite IX light brown, X yellow, pronotum pale with blotch yellowish; fore wing dark with pale band sub-basally and at apex, clavus dark with pale setae; antennal segments I–II pale, III–IV pale at base; hind tibiae yellow in contrast to dark brown femora.

Structure: Occipital apodeme confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area with widely spaced striations; antennal segments III & IV with an apical neck; pronotal anterior area with broad transverse reticulations without internal markings, blotch in part transversely striate; mesonotum and metanotum striate; metasternal plate with shallow emargination; fore wing second vein with no setae; tergites II–VIII with complete comb of microtrichia on posterior margin, comb short on anterior tergites; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae.

Male macroptera. Similar to female, but smaller and with tergite VII pale (Fig. 92).

Material studied. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia [Seara], ii. 1950 ; 1 female from Sapium sp., 1.xii.1949; 12 females, 1 male from Capoeira, 18–20.x.1949 (F. Plaumann) (USNM).

Comments. Described from 5 females, a further 13 females and 1 male have now been identified from the same locality. This species is similar to N. basilaris in having a complete fringe of microtrichia on the posterior margin of tergites II–VIII.