Neohydatothrips aztecus Johansen stat. rev.

Neohydatothrips aztecus Johansen, 1983: 113 .

Female macroptera. Colour: mainly yellowish brown, ocellar area brown, also pronotal blotch, anterior third and lateral areas of mesonotum and metanotum, antecostal ridges and anterolateral areas on tergites II–VI and VII–IX; fore wing grey; antennal segments I–II brown, III yellow with base brown and apical third light brown, IV brown with basal third yellow, V brown with small yellow ring at base, VI–VIII brown.

Structure: Occipital apodeme not confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area transversely striate; pronotum transversely striate with distinct blotch; mesonotum transversely striate; metanotum longitudinally reticulate; metasternal plate with shallow emargination; fore wing second vein with 2 setae; comb of microtrichia incomplete on tergites II–VI and complete on VII–VIII; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae.

Material studied. None.

Comments. This species was described from 4 females and 2 males collected in Pedregal de San Ángel, Mexico City, Mexico. Although placed in synonymy with N. signifer by Mound & Marullo (1996) based on the similarities on colouration and structure, it can be distinguished by the brown tergites VII–IX (Johansen 1983). Moreover, it was described as having two setae on the second vein of the fore wing in contrast to the single seta found in N. burungae .