Liothrips piceae, Dang & An & Mound & Qiao, 2024
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.1.2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23F0CA38-AA36-4B65-9D76-E798882ED1EF |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10781982 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/715E87B3-FFEC-FFB3-FF0C-F93EFAB3D759 |
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Plazi |
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Liothrips piceae |
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sp. nov. |
Liothrips piceae sp. n.
( Figs 13 View FIGURES 9–14 , 35 View FIGURES 22–41 , 60 View FIGURES 53–60 , 66 View FIGURES 61–68 , 76 View FIGURES 69–79 )
Female macroptera. Body brown; all legs brown ( Fig. 60 View FIGURES 53–60 ), just fore tarsi and apices of fore tibiae lightly brown; antennal segments I–II brown, III yellow at basal half and light brown at apical half, IV–VI largely brown with base pale, VII–VIII brown ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 22–41 ); major setae pale; fore wing hyaline.
Head slightly wider than long ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9–14 ); postocular setae acute, scarcely reaching to posterior margin of eyes ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9–14 ); eyes dorsally and ventrally equal in length; maxillary stylets close together medially, retracted to eyes; mouth cone blunt and short. Antennal segment III more than twice as long as apical width ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 22–41 ); IV with 3 major sense cones; VIII small, distinct from VII ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 22–41 ). Pronotum transverse, with 4 pairs of long softly pointed setae, am minute; surface almost smooth, weakly sculptured near margins. Fore femora not enlarged. Fore wing with 3 slightly blunt sub-basal setae arising in straight line, with 10 duplicated cilia. Mesonotum transversely reticulate, lateral setae developed, slightly blunt. Metanotum longitudinally reticulate, major setae fine and acute ( Fig. 76 View FIGURES 69–79 ). Mesopresternum eroded medially, metathoracic sternopleural sutures short ( Fig. 66 View FIGURES 61–68 ). Pelta broadly triangular, weakly reticulate, with a pair of CPS ( Fig. 76 View FIGURES 69–79 ); tergite II with 3 pairs of lateral setae; tergite VIII posterolateral setae well-developed, slightly shorter than posteroangulars; tergite IX setae S1–S3 shorter than tube, acute; tube slightly shorter than head, anal setae longer than tube.
Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 3160. Head length (maximum width) 270 (295); postocular setae length 40; antennal segments I–VIII length (width): 50 (45), 55 (40), 90 (35), 100 (45), 90 (40), 80 (35), 65 (25), 30 (20); sense cone on III length 30. Pronotum length (width) 170 (355); am 5, aa 35, ml 45, epim 130, pa 100. Fore wing length 1210; sub-basal setae S1?, S2 90, S3 100. Tergite VIII posterolateral setae 70; tergite IX setae S1 195, S2 200, S3 195; tube length 225, basal width 110, apical width 75; anal setae length 245.
Male. Unknown.
Specimens studied. Holotype female, CHINA, Xinjiang, on leaves of Picea , 9.vi. 1981 ( NZMC).
Paratype: 1 female with same data as holotype ( SNUT) .
Etymology. The species epithet “ piceae ” refers to the plant genus Picea on which the type specimens were found.
Comments. This new species has all legs brown including all tarsi ( Fig. 60 View FIGURES 53–60 ). This colouring does not occur in other Chinese Liothrips except for L. floridensis . From the latter L. piceae sp. n. can be distinguished by the relatively short head and short postocular setae which do not reach the posterior margin of the eyes ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9–14 ).
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