Propealiothrips Reyes

Dang, Li-Hong, Mound, Laurence A. & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2014, Conspectus of the Phlaeothripinae genera from China and Southeast Asia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 3807 (1), pp. 1-82 : 67-68

Propealiothrips Reyes

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Propealiothrips Reyes, 1994: 471 . Type species: Propealiothrips moundi Reyes , by monotypy.

The only species in this genus was described from one female and four males collected in the Philippines. The holotype male and a paratype female have been studied in ANIC and, contrary to the original description, antennal ( Fig. 135 ) segment IV has three sensoria not two, and sternite VIII of the male is occupied by an entire pore plate. Moreover, the original illustration and measurements of this male holotype are incorrect, in that the pronotal am setae are acute and scarcely 15 microns long, whereas the aa setae are weakly capitate and about 50 microns. The genus is a member of the Liothrips- lineage, and is distinguished from Liothrips only because the fore femora of the male are enlarged and the fore tarsal tooth is also large .

Diagnosis: Head longer than wide; eyes normal, postocular setae well-developed; stylets retracted to postocular setae, close together medially; antennae 8-segmented ( Fig. 135 ), III with 1 sensorium, IV with 3; pronotum with 5 pairs of well-developed weakly capitate setae in female but am setae small and acute in male, notopleural sutures complete; basantra absent; mesopresternum transverse; sternopleural sutures present in female; fore tarsal tooth absent in female, present in male; fore wings parallel-sided, with duplicated cilia; pelta triangular; tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of wing-retaining setae; tube with straight sides, slightly shorter than head, anal setae shorter than tube; male sternite VIII occupied by large pore plate.

Figures

FIGURES 134–142. Phlaeothripinae genera. Antennae 134–138: (134) Acanthothrips nodicornis; (135) Propealiothrips moundi; (136) Haplothrips ganlbaueri; (137) Haplothrips clarisetis; (138) Xylaplothrips inquilinus; Tergites IX–X 139–141: (139) Xylaplothrips inquilinus; (140) Praepodothrips causiapeltus; (141) Podothrips ferruginenus. (142) Myopothrips symplocobius, fore tibiae.