Asprothrips fuscipennis Kudo

Wang, Zhaohong & Tong, Xiaoli, 2017, Variation in colour markings of an unusual new Asprothrips species from China (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), ZooKeys 716, pp. 19-28 : 26-27

Asprothrips fuscipennis Kudo Figs 17-24

Asprothrips fuscipennis Kudô, 1984: 487

Material examined.

CHINA, Jiangxi province, Jiujiang City, Mt. Lushan (29°33'41"N, 115°58'19"E), 12 females collected from leaves of Ilex crenata ( Aquifoliaceae ), 9.xi.2015, leg. Xiaoli Tong.

Diagnosis.

Female full winged and body brown except for all tarsi yellow (Fig. 17). Antennae 8-segmented (Fig. 23); segment II with a subbasal dorsal seta, segments III and IV paler than other segments and each with a forked sense cone, VI longer than IV. Pronotum, meso-and metanotum reticulate and without long setae (Figs 18, 19); tarsi all bi-segmented; fore wing without uniform covering of microtrichia (Fig. 24), first vein with 5-6 proximal and two distal setae, second vein with 7-9 setae; main posterior fringe hairs largely straight. Abdominal tergites I–VII smooth medially and reticulate laterally (Fig. 21); tergite VIII with posterior marginal comb of microtrichia, posterior margin of IX with a pair of long and fine setae medially (Fig. 20) and X with complete longitudinal dorsal split; abdominal sternites III–VII each with three pairs of setae at posterior margin (Fig. 22).

Distribution.

Japan and China (Jiangxi).

Remarks.

Asprothrips fuscipennis Kudô is newly recorded from China in this study. Although Zhang and Tong (1988) reported this species from China, the specimens on which that record was based were subsequently described by Tong et al. (2016) as a new species, A. bucerus . These two species are very similar in colouration and structure, but fuscipennis can be distinguished from bucerus by (1) antennal segment II with a sub-basal dorsal seta (this seta absent in bucerus ); (2) antennal segment IV shorter than VI (segment IV longer than VI in bucerus ); (3) posterior margin of tergite IX with a pair of long and fine setae medially (IX with a pair of short horn-like setae directed medially in bucerus ), and (4) abdominal tergite X with complete longitudinal dorsal split (longitudinal dorsal split incomplete, divided only in distal half in bucerus ).