Apelaunothrips Karny

Mound, Laurence A., 2013, Species diversity in the Palaeotropical leaf-litter genus Apelaunothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 3741 (1), pp. 181-193 : 185

Apelaunothrips Karny

Apelaunothrips Karny, 1925: 82 . Type species Ophidothrips medioflavus Karny.

Diagnosis: Phlaeothripinae with maxillary stylets unusually broad, 4–6 microns wide; antennae 8-segmented, III with 2 or 3 sensoria, IV with 2, 3 or 4 sensoria; head usually constricted behind eyes; postocular setae long and capitate. Pronotum with 5 pairs of major capitate setae (4 in desleyae ); notopleural sutures complete (incomplete in desleyae ); basantra absent; mesopraesternum transverse; fore tarsal tooth usually absent in both sexes; fore wing with duplicated cilia (none in desleyae ). Pelta variably bell-shaped to triangular, with lateral area unsculptured; campaniform sensilla present or absent; wing-retaining setae on tergites II and III commonly with apices uncinate ( Figs 11, 12 ); tergite IX setae long, intermediate pair (iS) almost as long as setal pair S1; tube shorter than head; male without sternal pore plates.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 15. Apelaunothrips species. (9) aokii pelta & tergites II – III; (10) bogor sp. n. metanotum & pelta; (11) bogor sp. n. tergites II – III; (12) gombak sp. n. pelta & tergite II: (13) zonatus metanotum & pelta; (14) bogor sp. n. male head & fore legs; (15) zonatus male fore leg.