Heterothrips marginatus Hood, 1954

Pereyra, Veronica & Cavalleri, Adriano, 2012, The genus Heterothrips (Thysanoptera) in Brazil, with an identification key and seven new species, Zootaxa 3237, pp. 1-23 : 12

Heterothrips marginatus Hood, 1954

This species is remarkable in having a well-developed craspedum on abdominal tergites II–VIII. The posterior margins of the craspedum have a row of small microtrichia ( Fig. 45 ). The fore wing are uniformly dark ( Fig. 41 ), and abdominal sternites lack of discal setae. Males have small transverse pore plates on abdominal sternites III– VIII. This species is also recorded from La Pampa, Argentina by De Santis (1959).

Material examined. Holotype female, Brazil, Pará, Belém, 24.vii.1951, on Andropogon sp. (J.D. Hood) ( USNM). Paratypes: 2 females, 1 male, collected with holotype ( USNM).

Figures

FIGURES 40 – 49. Brazilian Heterothrips. H. australis sp. n. female 40, 42 – 44, 46 – 49: 40. Dorsal view; 42. Antenna; 43. Antennal segments III – IV; 44. Abdominal tergites IV – VI; 46. Mesonotum and metanotum; 47. Abdominal tergites I – VI; 48. Abdominal sternites II – VI; 49. Head and pronotum. H. marginatus female 41, 45: 41. Dorsal view; 45. Abdominal tergites IV – V.