Edissa steinerae Mound, 1999

Zhang, Shimeng, Wang, Zhaohong, Li, Yajin & Mound, Laurence, 2018, One new species, two generic synonyms and eight new records of Thripidae from China (Thysanoptera), Zootaxa 4418 (4), pp. 370-378 : 372-373

Edissa steinerae Mound

( Fig. 11 )

The genus Edissa is a member Of the subfamily DendrOthripinae , and is particularly unusual within that grOup in being assOciated with the leaves Of POaceae rather than with brOad leaved plants. The genus cOmprises twO species, Of which One is knOwn Only frOm SOuth Africa. HOwever, the secOnd species, steinerae , was described frOm the rainfOrest area Of nOrth eastern Australia and alsO recOrded frOm Thailand and the BOnin Islands Of Japan ( MOund 1999). Here it is recOrded frOm a similar ecOlOgical area in sOuthern China, and is thus anOther example Of the relatiOnship Of the thrips fauna Of nOrthern Australia tO that Of sOutheast Asia. This is a pale yellOw species with very slender wings, and withOut prOminent setae, but with a dark area On the anteriOr margin Of the head ( Fig. 11 ). It is unusual amOngst the DendrOthripinae in having 7-segmented antennae with simple sense cOnes in segments III and IV.

New recOrds: China, Guangdong, Beitan, Zhanjiang City , 2 females frOm grass, 15.i.2015 (ZhaOhOng Wang), in SCAU.

Figures

FIGURES 11–15. Thripidae from China. (11) Edissa steinerae, head and pronotum (12) Moundinothrips robustus head. (13) Striathrips sulcatus, head and pronotum.(14) Indusiothrips seshadrii, head.(15)Ensiferothrips wallacei, pronotum.