Aduncothrips kailiensis, Li & Elie & Liu & Zhang, 2022

Li, Yajin, Elie, Ntirenganya, Liu, Hui & Zhang, Hongrui, 2022, Aduncothrips newly recorded from China, with three new species and a new generic synonym (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae), Zootaxa 5141 (1), pp. 49-59 : 54

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:271A3DDC-440A-4776-B88D-93589601778D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6581668

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA87BD-B148-C06E-FF62-FC584764C05E

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Aduncothrips kailiensis
status

sp. nov.

Aduncothrips kailiensis View in CoL sp.n.

( Figs 29–36 View FIGURES 29–36 )

Female macroptera. Body uniformly brown ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 29–36 ); antennal segment I dark brown, II pale, II–IV yellow but shaded at extreme apex of III and distal third of IV, V–IX brown ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 29–36 ); fore wings with a long longitudinal dark band, pale at subbase and apex, claves brown ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 29–36 ); all legs brown, with the base of hind tibiae pale. Head wider than long, sculptured with closely transverse striae; postocular setae in two rows but irregularly arranged ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 29–36 ). Maxillary palp segment II subdivided ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 29–36 ). Antennal segments III–IV sensorium vermicular and around apex, with internal markings ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 29–36 ). Pronotum wider than long, sculptured with transverse striae, with about 40–50 discal setae and 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae slightly shorter than discal setae, except S2 stouter. Mesonotum with closely transverse striate, with a few wrinkles between sculpture lines on posterior part; lateral and posteromedian setae short and stout; anteromedian CPS absent ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 29–36 ). Metascutum sculpture with internal markings between sculpture lines, anterior-medially with closely transverse striae, posterior area with reticulation, median and submedian pairs of setae situated near middle, submedian pair slightly behind, CPS present ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 29–36 ). Abdominal tergite I with transverse lines, II-VIII smooth medially, VI-VIII with lateral transverse lines weakly. Sternites II–VI with 3–4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, VII with 5 pairs of posteromarginal setae in front of posterior margin, 2 pairs of accessory setae between S1 and S2; Sternites V–VIII each with 1–4 pairs of discal setae ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 29–36 ).

Measurements (holotype in microns). Body length 1753; head length 141, width 188. Pronotum length 171, width 210. Fore wing length 754, median width 111. Antennal segments I–IX length: 56, 50, 81, 83, 60, 48, 34, 16, 15.

Male. Unknown.

Specimens studied. Holotype: female, CHINA, GUIZHOU Province, Kaili City, on Bambusa multiplex [ Poaceae ], 3.viii.2017 (Yajin Li), in collection of Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming.

Etymology. This species is named after the collecting place.

Comments. This species is particularly unusual in having the metascutal median setal pair near the middle of this sclerite, the submedian pair slightly behind the median pair, and paired CPS present.

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