Liothrips fagraeae Priesner, 1968

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 : 66

Liothrips fagraeae Priesner

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Liothrips (Liothrips) fagraeae Priesner, 1968: 184 .

This species, described from Java in leaf galls of Fagraea obovata , was recorded from Sichuan, China taken on Litsea pungens by Han (1997b). It is similar to L. adusticornis in body shape and leg coloration, but they can be distinguished by the color of wings and antennae, the length of sense cones on antennae ( Fig. 24 ), and the postocular setae as shown in the key above. Unfortunately, no slides of this species from China are available in Han’s collection, and this record needs further confirmation.

Specimens studied. INDONESIA, Java, Tjibodas , one paratype female and male on Fagraea obovata , 15.vi.1925, M. Bruggeman ( SMF) .

Figures

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.