Neohydatothrips ikelus, Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016

Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4162 (1), pp. 1-45 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:92A1EA19-4981-4BB4-B5BC-6EF7473F7257
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5686848
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03894670-6168-FFD1-FF3A-C16D35F296F3
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neohydatothrips ikelus
status	sp. nov.

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Neohydatothrips ikelus View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs 27 View FIGURES 24 – 31 , 97 View FIGURES 92 – 103 )

Female macroptera. Colour: body mainly yellow ( Fig. 97 View FIGURES 92 – 103 ) with pronotal blotch, antecostal ridges and adjacent anterolateral areas brown, also anterior third of mesonotum and lateral thirds of metanotum shaded brown. Antennal segments I–II yellow, III shaded brown on median third, IV brown with basal fourth yellow and apex light brown, V brown with base light brown, VI–VIII brown. Fore wing uniformly pale brownish grey.

Structure: Occipital apodeme close to, but not confluent with, posterior margin of compound eyes; ocellar setae pair III on external margins of ocellar triangle, ocellar triangle with parallel transverse sculpture lines; pronotum striate with distinctive blotch ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 24 – 31 ); mesonotum striate, median setal pair anterior to the lateral; metanotum anterior half transversely striate, posterior half longitudinally striate, with two pairs of setae on anterior margin; metasternal plate with very shallow anterior emargination; fore wing second vein with two setae; tergites II–VI with comb of microtrichia incomplete medially, VII with minute teeth medially, VIII with complete comb; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae; sternites VI–VII with microtrichia medially.

Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 1160, Head length 63, width 154; ocellar setae III length 20. Pronotum length 125, width 178. Fore wing length 740. Antennal segments I–VIII length 23, 38, 60, 50, 45, 48, 10, 13.

Material studied. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia [Seara], v.1952. (F. Plaumann) ( USNM).

Paratypes. BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Sul State, Viamão, 1 female on Leandra australis flowers, 21.xi.2003, Porto Alegre , 1 female on Borreria verticilata flowers, 11.ii.2011, 2 females on Fabaceae , 11.ii.2011 (F.S.Melo) ( UFRGS) ; Piauí State, Bom Jesus , 1 female on soybeans Glycine max , 12.xi.2012 (E.F.B.Lima) ( UFPI) .

Comments. N. ikelus is very similar to N. flavens , but can be distinguished using the characters in the key above. Part of the type material used for this description was collected by Fritz Plaumann from 1949 to 1952 (in USNM), but other specimens were also recently collected in southern and northeastern Brazil. The species seems to be widespread in Brazil.