Liothrips takahashii (Moulton)

Dang, Lihong, An, Yiyan, Mound, Laurence A. & Qiao, Gexia, 2024, Leaf-feeding species of the genus Liothrips from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 5419 (1), pp. 53-84 : 77

Liothrips takahashii (Moulton)

( Figs 20 , 80 , 90, 91, 92 )

Gynaikothrips takahashii Moulton, 1928a: 313 .

Described from Taiwan on Ficus retusa , this species was subsequently recorded from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Java, Japan and Australia in leaf rolls or galls on Dissochaeta sp. and Ficus sp. ( Priesner 1930; Priesner 1968; Okajima 2006; Mound et al. 2023). In this study, seven females and three males from Yunnan are identified as this species with the unique character of more than seven discal setae on each lateral margin of tergite II ( Fig. 90 ), as mentioned by Mound et al. (2023).

Specimens studied. CHINA, Yunnan, Puer City , 3 females, 1.vii.2017, Yanqiao Li ( SNUT) ; Yunnan, Baoshan City , 2 females, 17.vi.2021, Xia Wang & Chengwen Li ( SNUT) ; Yunnan, Kunming , 4 females and 3 males in leaf rolls, 19.ix.2019, L. Mound ( ANIC) .

Figures

FIGURES 15–21. Heads of Liothrips species. (15) setinodis; (16) rohdeae; (17) tibetanus sp. n.; (18) vaneeckei. (19) wasabiae; (20) takahashii; (21) piperinus.

FIGURES 80–88. Metanotum and pelta. Liothrips species (80–87): (80) takahashii; (81) setinodis; (82) minys; (83) miyazakii; (84) tibetanus sp. n.; (85) vaneeckei; (86) wasabiae; (87) rohdeae. (88) Teuchothrips turkestanicus.

FIGURES 89–96. Liothrips species. (89) hagai, tergite II; (90) takahashii, tergite II; (91) takahashii, pore plate on sternite VIII; (92) takahashii, pore plates on tergite VIII; (93) mohanrami, pore plates on tergite VIII; (94) populi sp. n., pore plate on sternite VIII; (95) elongatus sp. n., pore plate on sternite VIII; (96) aporosae, pore plate on sternite VIII.