Neohydatothrips chelinus, 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 : 14-15

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.5686820
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03894670-617F-FFC5-FF3A-C4A6357C93C4
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neohydatothrips chelinus
status	sp. nov.

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Neohydatothrips chelinus View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs 17 View FIGURES 15 – 23 , 46 View FIGURES 41 – 49 , 54 View FIGURES 50 – 66 , 87 View FIGURES 80 – 91 )

Female macroptera. Colour: body bicoloured ( Fig. 87 View FIGURES 80 – 91 ), head brown with postoccipital area paler, pronotal blotch dark brown with anterior area pale with dark reticulate lines; mesonotum and metanotum dark brown, tergites II– VII with antecostal ridge dark brown, II–IV brown laterally, V–VI mainly yellow but shaded brown medially, VII– IX dark brown, X light brown; fore wing brown with sub-basal pale band, an indistinct pale median area and apex sometimes a little paler, clavus dark at base with dark setae; antennal segments I–II weakly shaded, III–IV pale with apex light brown; hind tibiae yellow, femora brown.

Structure: Occipital apodeme confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area with widely spaced striae, setal pair III on margins of ocellar triangle ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 15 – 23 ); antennal segments III & IV with short constricted apical neck; pronotum boldly reticulate on anterior and posteromedian areas, blotch striate with transverse row of setae on anterior margin ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 15 – 23 ); mesonotum striate, median setal pair anterior to the lateral ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 41 – 49 ); metanotum anterior half transversely striate, posterior half longitudinally striate, two pairs of setae on anterior margin; metasternal plate with distinctive anterior emargination ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 50 – 66 ); fore wing second vein with 2 setae distally; 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 without microtrichia medially.

Measurements (holotype female in microns): Body length 1185, Head, length 63, width 1680; ocellar setae III length 24. Pronotum length 113, width 185. Fore wing length 685. Antennal segments I–VIII length 23, 34, 54, 51, 43, 48, 10, 13.

Male macroptera. Male similar to female, but tergites V and VII light brown; sternites without pore plates.

Measurements (paratype male in microns): Body length 940, Head length 63, width 140; ocellar setae III length 15. Pronotum length 100, width 165. Fore wing length 565. Antennal segments I–VIII length 23, 35, 49, 46, 36, 38, 8, 10.

Material studied. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia [Seara], on Myrtaceae , 5.xii.1949 (JDH 2077) (F. Plaumann) ( USNM).

Paratypes: 31 females and 4 males collected with holotype (JDH 2077) ( USNM); Rio Grande do Sul State , Cambará do Sul, Parque Nacional Aparados da Serra, 1 female on Myrcia retorta , 27.i.2013 (A. Cavalleri) ( UFRGS) .

Comments. Along with N. basilaris , N. fimbriatus and N. daedalus , this is one of four species with the anterior area of the pronotum boldly reticulate. Unlike the others, the pronotal blotch is dark brown in contrast to the pale anterior third of the pronotum. As indicated above, the colour of the fore wings is variable with the distal paler areas indefinite.