Ophthalmothrips miscanthicola (Haga)

Li, Yanqiao, Zhao, Linpeng, Li, Chengwen & Dang, Lihong, 2022, Review of the genus Ophthalmothrips Hood (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from China, with a new species, Zoological Systematics 47 (4), pp. 305-312 : 310

Ophthalmothrips miscanthicola (Haga)

Pyrgothrips miscanthicola Haga, 1975: 265 .

Ophthalmothrips miscanthicola (Haga) : Mound & Palmer, 1983: 71; Han, 1997: 339.

Diagnosis. Head about two times as long as wide; head elongate, preocular projection wider than long; postocular setae developed, as long as interocellar setae. Antennae 8-segmented, segment III longest, about 4 times as long as wide, III with 1+1 sense cones, IV with 2+2 (Fig. 18). Maxillary stylets V-shaped, retracted into head. Pronotum with five pairs of developed major setae, pointed at apex. Mesopresternum boat-shaped. Fore tarsal tooth present in both sexes (Fig. 20). Pelta triangular, with entire reticulation (Fig. 23); abdominal tergites II–VII with two pairs of well-developed wing-retaining setae; tube shorter than head, anal setae shorter than tube.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hainan); Japan.

Material examined. China, Sichuan, 6♀ 4♂, 2.VII.1984, coll. Shuyong Wang ( IZCAS) ; China, Guangxi, 1♂, from dead leaves, 2.VI.2011, coll. Lihong Dang ( IZCAS) ; Japan, 1♀ 1♂, 2.VIII.1976, coll. Kobayashi ( IZCAS) .

Comments. Described originally from Japan ( Haga, 1975), O. miscanthicola was also recorded from Korea ( Okajima, 2006). In China, it is widely distributed in the temperate regions of southern China ( Zhang, 1984; Han & Cui, 1992; Han, 1997; Cao et al., 2010). In here, seven females and four males are studied from Sichuan and Guangxi.