Haplothrips phyllophilus Priesner, 1914

Minaei, Kambiz & Mound, Laurence A., 2008, The Thysanoptera Haplothripini (Insecta: Phlaeothripidae) of Iran, Journal of Natural History 42 (41 - 42), pp. 2617-2658 : 2648

Haplothrips phyllophilus Priesner

Haplothrips phyllophilus Priesner, 1914, p. 195 .

Described from Europe, this species was reported from Iran, Gorgan Province, based on several females and males taken from ‘‘shrubs’’ (zur Strassen 2003). However, no specimens of this species have been examined during the present studies. The following diagnosis is taken from Schliephake and Klimt (1979), and Priesner (1964).

Diagnosis

Body brown to dark brown; all femora brown to dark brown, concolourous with body; fore tibiae brown, yellowish apically, mid and hind tibiae brown to dark brown, all tarsi yellowish; antennal segments I and II brown to dark brown, almost concolourous with head, segment III yellow; forewings pale except for basal shading, major body setae dark brown. Head with postocular setae much shorter than eyes, pointed at apex; cheeks weakly rounded; maxillary stylets retracted to postocular setae, head with maxillary stylets 0.37–0.41 of head width apart; antennal segment III with one sensorium. Major setae not long, pointed at apex, pronotal anteromarginal setae well developed. Mesopresternum boat shaped. Fore tarsal tooth absent (cf. Figures 4, 5, 7 ), even in male; pelta triangular; tergite IX setae S1, S2, S3 pointed (cf. Figure 31 ), S1 as long as tube.

Figures

Figures 1–9. (1) Dolicholepta micrura female head and prosternum; (2–3) Haplothrips kermanensis head and pronotum – 2: female; 3: male; (4) H. globiceps female head and pronotum; (5) H. ganglbaueri female fore leg; (6) H. maroccanus male fore leg; (7) H. subtilissimus female head and pronotum; (8–9) H. tritici fore leg – 8: female from Noorabad on barley; 9: male from Karaj on wheat.

Figures 22–31. (22) Dolicholepta micrura female antenna; (23) Haplothrips distinguendus female antenna; (24) H. kermanensis female antenna; (25) H. maroccanus female antenna; (26) H. reuteri female antenna; (27) H. kermanensis female antennal segment III; (28) H. globiceps female antennal segment III; (29) H.?minutus female antennal segment III–IV; (30) H. leucanthemi female tergite IX and tube; (31) H. aculeatus female tergite IX and tube.