Bradinothrips Hood, 1954

Zhang, Shimeng, Mound, Laurence A. & Feng, Jinian, 2019, Sub-family relationships of Bradinothrips Hood and Parascolothrips Mound (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 4590 (5), pp. 587-593 : 589

Bradinothrips Hood

Bradinothrips Hood, 1954: 205 . Type species Bradinothrips williamsi Hood, 1954 , by monotypy. Palleucothrips Hood, 1956: 216 . Type species Palleucothrips musae Hood, 1956 , by monotypy; synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 98.

Diagnosis. Antennae 8-segmented, segments III–IV ( Fig. 3 ) with forked sense cones, segment IV with one long extra sense cone. Head wider than long, reticulate only behind eyes, ocellar setae I absent; ocellar triangle smooth; at least one pair of postocular setae longer than others; maxillary palps 2-segmented. Pronotum wider than long, sculpture weak or absent, two pairs of long posteroangular setae. Mesonotum reticulate, CPS (campaniform sensilla) absent. Metanotum strongly reticulate, median setae behind anterior margin. Only mesosternum ( Fig. 4 ) with spinula, metasternum furca ( Fig. 4 ) enlarged but not reaching to mesosternum. Fore wing first and second veins with incomplete setal rows; clavus with 1 veinal setae but without discal setae; posterior fringe cilia wavy. Tarsi 2-segmented. Abdominal tergites with broad entire craspedum; microtrichia and ctenidia absent; tergite VIII without posteromarginal comb; tergite IX with only posterior CPS. Sternites also with broad entire craspedum; sternites II–VII with three pairs of posteromarginal setae; sternite VII with two pairs of extra setae and all posteromarginal setae submarginal. Male without sternal pore plates or with one minute (5 micron) pore plate medially on sternite VII or sternites VI and VII, tergite IX with two pairs of stout setae.

Figures

FIGURES 2–9. The paired number on the photos indicates the character states. (2) Parascolothrips priesneri antennal segments II–VII; (3) Bradinothrips musae antennal segments II–VI; (4) Bradinothrips musae meso- and metasternum; (5) Parascolothrips priesneri meso- and metasternum; (6) Parascolothrips priesneri pronotum, meso- and metanotum; (7) Caliothrips tongi head, Character 5 was pointed on ocellar triangle, and character 6 on postocular area; (8) Parascolothrips priesneri sternites VI–VII; (9) Echinothrips americanus tergite V. (10) Dictyothrips betae tergite VI.