Stictothrips farsi, Hakimara & Minaei & Sadeghi & Mound, 2019

Hakimara, Mahsa, Minaei, Kambiz, Sadeghi, Saber & Mound, Laurence, 2019, Fungus-feeding thrips in Iran with a new species of Stictothrips (Thysanoptera Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4652 (3), pp. 557-567 : 563

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.11
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6127D0F2-D4B2-4A6B-8E8A-B816B9CEAB0F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929605
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A6878F-8829-4735-FF56-FDC518759DCC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Stictothrips farsi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Stictothrips farsi View in CoL sp.n.

Female aptera ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 1–12 ). Body yellow with light brown markings and fine complex reticulate sculpture, distal part of tibiae and tarsi yellow, antennal segments II–III light brown, major setae light brown. Antennae 8-segmented, III with one sense cone, IV with two major sense cones, VIII narrowed at base but not constricted ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 13–21 ). Head longer than wide, post ocular setae capitate, placed laterally on head, not extending beyond hind margin of eye ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 22–33 ); mouth cone short. Pronotum with 4 pairs of relatively well-developed major setae (anteroangulars, midlaterals, epimerals, and posteroangulars), anteromarginals scarcely longer than discal setae, all pointed except epimeral that is blunt ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 22–33 ); notopleural sutures complete. Prosternal ferna developed. Fore tarsal tooth developed ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 22–33 ). Meso and metanotum very weakly sculptured. Metathoracic sternopleural sutures extend posteriorly from the midcoxal cavities. Pelta trapezoidal, with weak sculpture, campaniform sensilla present ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 34–44 ); abdominal tergites II–VII with one pair of wing-retaining setae; segment IX with seta S1 and S2 pointed, about half as long as the tube; tube short, length less than twice basal width, shorter than head ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 34–44 ).

Measurements (holotype female in microns): Body distended length 1752. Head, length 228; width across genae 173; post ocular setae 14. Pronotum, length 116; median width 176; major setae, anteromarginals 7, anteroangulars 15, midlaterals 18, epimerals 20, posteroangulars 15. Tergite IX setae S1 40, S2 50. Tube, length 99; basal width 53. Antennal segments I–VIII length 34, 50, 58, 57, 55, 48, 33, 30.

Male aptera. Generally similar to female but smaller and paler ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 1–12 ). Fore leg and fore tarsal tooth well developed ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 22–33 ); sternites VII and VIII with large poorly defined pore plate ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 34–44 ). Aedeagus spoon shaped ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 34–44 ).

Measurements (paratype male in microns): Body distended length 1455, Head, length 190; width across genae 148; post ocular setae 17. Pronotum, length 109; median width 160; major setae, anteromarginal 10, anteroangular 12, midlateral 11, epimeral 19, posteroangular 12. Tergite IX setae S1 36, S2 23. Tube, length 90; basal width 41. Antennal segments I–VIII length 28, 44, 46, 51, 56, 46, 33, 26.

Material studied. Holotype female, IRAN, Fars province, Eghlid, Salicaceae and Platanaceae leaf litter, 4.ix.2015 (in NHM) .

Paratypes: IRAN, Fars province, Arjan protected area, 60 km west of Shiraz, 2 females, 1 male from Quercus leaf litter, 2.v.2015 (in PPSU, 1 female in ANIC) ; Fasa , 2 males from Prunus and Pistacia leaf litter, 3.xii.2016 (Mohsen Kiani) (in PPSU & ANIC).

Comments. The shape of head, delicate sculpturing and the sense cone formula on antennal segments III & IV suggest that the new species belongs to Stictothrips . However, the curious short and laterally placed post ocular setae on the head and the paired round pore plates on sternite VIII of the male make this species unique in the genus. It shares some characters with the Australian species S. aoristus in the wing reduction and resultant loss of certain character states.