Liothrips miyazakii Okajima, 2006

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 : 69

Liothrips miyazakii Okajima

( Figs 7 , 37 , 51 , 83 )

Liothrips miyazakii Okajima, 2006: 444 .

Described from Nikko, Honshu, Japan on Gentiana scabra , this species seems similar to L. wasabiae in its body shape. One paratype female was studied here with the following character states: fore tibiae slightly shaded at basal third, antennal segments III–VI broad with basal stem ( Fig. 37 ), postocular setae finely pointed at apex ( Fig. 7 ), antennal segments largely yellow, with apical half of VI also VII–VIII light brown ( Fig. 37 ), and maxillary stylets not reaching to eyes ( Fig. 7 ). The three females listed below from Sichuan province possibly represent L. miyazakii , but their major setae are expanded at the apex and antennal segment III is more slender.

Specimens studied. CHINA, Sichuan, Guangyuan , 3 females on unknown grasses, 09.viii.2018, D.L. Xie ( SNUT) . JAPAN, Tochigi, Nikko , paratype female on Gentiana scabra , 15.vi.1990, M . Miyazaki ( TUA) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Heads of Liothrips species. (1) adusticornis; (2) bomiensis; (3) elongatus sp. n.; (4) motuoensis sp. n.; (5) hagai; (6) heptapleuricola; (7) miyazakii; (8) mohanrami.

FIGURES 22–41. Antennae of Liothrips species. (22) adusticornis; (23) brevis sp. n.; (24) fagraeae; (25) hagai; (26) minys; (27) pallipes; (28) piperinus; (29) populi sp. n.; (30) setinodis; (31) elongatus sp. n.; (32) mohanrami; (33) rohdeae; (34) wasabiae; (35) piceae sp. n.; (36) heptapleuricola; (37) miyazakii; (38) longistylus sp. n.; (39) tibetanus sp. n.; (40) vaneeckei; (41) mirabilis.

FIGURES 47–52. Pronotum of Liothrips species. (47) hagai; (48) motuoensis sp. n.; (49) setinodis; (50) tibetanus sp. n.; (51) miyazakii; (52) bomiensis.

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.