Neohydatothrips daedalus (Hood)

(Fig. 88)

Sericothrips daedalus Hood, 1954: 201 .

Female macroptera. Colour: body strongly bicoloured (Fig. 88), brown on head, mesonotum, metanotum, tergites II–IV laterally, tergites VII–IX; fore wing with 3 dark and 3 pale bands, apex pale, clavus dark with pale setae; antennal segments I–II light brown, III and base of IV pale; hind tibiae yellow with light shading medially.

Structure: Occipital apodeme close to but not confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area irregularly reticulate; antennal segments III & IV constricted to short apical neck; pronotum transversely reticulate without internal markings, blotch well-defined and transversely striate; mesonotum and anterior part of metanotum striate; metasternal plate with shallow emargination; fore wing second vein with 1 or 2 setae; tergites VII–VIII with complete comb of long microtrichia on posterior margin, VI with comb shorter than diameter of campaniform sensilla, no comb on remaining tergites; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae.

Male macroptera. Similar to female, but smaller and with tergite VII pale.

Material studied. Holotype female and paratype male, BRAZIL, Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia [Seara], on Luehea, 25.v.1949 (USNM) .

Comments. This species remains known only from the type series of 3 females and 3 males collected from Luehea [ Tiliaceae] in February, 1949 at Nova Teutônia. It is closely related to N. fasciatus, but is more boldly coloured and has the pronotal sculpture reticulate instead of transversely reticulate to striate.