Heterothrips angusticeps 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 : 9

Heterothrips angusticeps Hood, 1954

This species is remarkable in having the pale basal half of antennal segment III subdivided into several parts ( Fig. 53 ). The sensoria on antennal segments III–IV consist of a single row of pores, and the fore wings are pale basally. The male is similar to the female in color, but abdominal sternites VII–VIII have transverse pore plates ( Fig. 54 ). No information about the host plant is available, neither in the original description nor on the slide labels of the specimens studied.

Material examined. Holotype female, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Nova Teutônia, 17-18.xi.1949, (F. Plaumann) ( USNM). Paratypes: 4 females, 1 male, collected with holotype ( USNM).

Figures

FIGURES 50 – 58. Brazilian Heterothrips. H. flavitibia female 50 – 52: 50. Dorsal view; 51. Antenna; 52. Abdominal tergites VI – VIII. H. angusticipeps 53 – 54: 53. Female antennal segment III – IV; 54. Male abdominal sternites VII – VIII pore plates. H. peixotoa female 55 – 58: 55. Fore wing; 56. Head; 57. Antenna; 58. Dorsal view.