Hydatothrips volcano Mound & Marullo

Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4162 (1), pp. 1-45 : 9

Hydatothrips volcano Mound & Marullo

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Hydatothrips volcano Mound & Marullo, 1996: 162 .

Female macroptera. Colour: body mainly brown, tergite VI pale, tergite X yellowish brown also posterior area of metathorax; fore wing brown with pale sub-basal area and paler suffused brown area medially; antennal segment I yellow, II pale, III yellow with apical third light brown, IV yellow on basal half and increasingly darker towards apex, V–VIII brown; femora brown, except apex of fore femora, fore tibiae yellowish brown with brown suffused area medially, mid and hind tibiae brown with apex and base light brown.

Structure: Occipital apodeme confluent with posterior margin of eyes ( Fig. 8 ), ocellar area transversely striate with internal markings; pronotum anterior area transversely reticulate with markings between the major lines, blotch distinct; mesonotum transversely striate ( Fig. 8 ), metanotum with transverse striae on anterior half and longitudinal striae on posterior half; fore wing second vein with two setae; posteromarginal comb on tergites II–VI with minute teeth medially, VII with medium-sized teeth medially, VIII complete; tergite IX with 2 pairs of middorsal setae. Sternites III–V and VII without microtrichia medially, VI with a few rows of microtrichia medially.

Material studied. Holotype female, COSTA RICA, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Volcan Barba Station (2500 m), on Malaise trap, vi.1990 ( BMNH).

Comments. The only known specimen of this species was collected from a trap, and there is no further information about its biology. It is similar to H. sternalis , but larger, darker and without microtrichia medially on abdominal sternites.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 8. Hydatothrips species. Head and pronotum 1 – 6: (3) canavaliae; (4) sternalis; (5) tricinctus; (6) gliricidiae; (7) guanacastei; (8) volcano.