Mycterothrips consociatus (Targioni­Tozzetti)

Okajima, Masami Masumoto And Shûji, 2006, A revision of and key to the world species of Mycterothrips Trybom (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 1261 (1261), pp. 1-90 : 36-38

Mycterothrips consociatus (Targioni­Tozzetti)

( Figs. 51–55)

Thrips (Euthrips) consociata Targioni­Tozzetti, 1887: 425 .

Taeniothrips (Rhopalandrothrips) obscurus (Uzel) ; Priesner, 1922: 68. [Synonymized by Priesner, 1925: 148.].

Taeniothrips (Rhopalandrothrips) consociatus (Targioni­Tozzetti) ; Priesner, 1925: 148.

Rhopalandrothrips consociatus (Targioni­Tozzetti) ; Priesner, 1928: 330–334.

Mycterothrips consociatus (Targioni­Tozzetti) ; Bhatti, 1969: 378.

Diagnosis. Body uniformly brown to dark brown; antennal segments I to VIII uniformly brown to dark brown; fore wings uniformly shaded. Head with cheeks straight ( Fig. 51). Antennal segment II with some microtrichial rows; VI slightly broad ( Fig. 52). Pronotum with about 35 discal setae ( Fig. 51). Mesonotum without CPS anteromedially; median pair of setae near posterior margin. Metascutum irregularly reticulated medially; median pair of setae near anterior margin. Fore wings with 24–26 setae on costal vein. Abdominal terga without ciliate microtrichia on lines of sculpture, but often with a few dentate microtrichia, smooth medially ( Fig. 53), posterior margin of terga V to VII with microtrichia developed laterally; tergum II with four lateral marginal setae; terga VI to VIII with B4 setae minute ( Fig. 53); tergum IX with both anterior and posterior pairs of CPS ( Fig. 53); sterna without discal setae. Male has antennal segment VI much longer than that of female with numerous long setae and without microtrichia ( Fig. 54). Abdominal terga VI to VIII with B4 setae minute; tergum IX with a pair of CPS near B1 setae, with SB1 setae vestigial ( Fig. 55); sterna IV to VIII with one to six discal setae. Hypomere expanded at apex ( Fig. 55).

Specimens examined. Japan: 1 female, Yamanashi Pref., Sudama, Masutomi (1,400m), Quercus sp. [ Fagaceae ], 27­vii­1971, I. Kudo (NIAES). 1 male, Fukushima Pref., Iisaka, Alnus hirsute [ Betulaceae ], 30­ix 1997, T. Tsutsumi (FU). 1 female, Gunma Pref., Kusatsu, on leaves of Betula platyphylla [ Betulaceae ], 12­v­2002, M. Masumoto (TUA). 1 female, Gunma Pref., Kusatsu, on leaves of Alnus firma , 12­v­2002, M. Masumoto (TUA). 1 female and 1 male, Hokkaido, Shirataki, on Senecio cannabifolius [Compositae], 8­viii­1997, T. Tsutsumi (FU). 1 male, Hokkaido, Sapporo, Moiwayama, Alnus hirsute , 6­viii­1975, I. Kudo (NIAES). Germany: 1 female, Hessen, Riedelbach/ Taunus, Calluna vulgaris , 25­viii­1964, R. zur Strassen (SMF).

Comments. This medium­sized brown to dark brown species appears to be distributed widely in the Palaearctic Region, and it is very similar to M. egonoki as discussed below.