Neohydatothrips novateutoniae, Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016

Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4162 (1), pp. 1-45 : 34

Neohydatothrips novateutoniae sp. n.

( Figs 36 , 64 )

Female macroptera. Colour: body mainly brown, tergites VI and X yellow, fore wing dark with sub-basal area pale, antennal segments I–III and base of IV largely pale, fore and mid legs largely pale, hind femora brown but tibiae yellow.

Structure: Occipital apodeme confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area with irregular transverse striae, setal pair III on anterior margins of ocellar triangle; antennal segment IV with constricted apical neck and elongate sensorium extending to mid point of V; pronotum striate-reticulate, with many short longitudinal lines between the striae, blotch well-defined; mesonotum and metanotum striate with markings between the striae; metasternal plate with shallow anterior emargination; fore wing second vein with no setae. Tergites II–VI with comb of microtrichia absent medially, VII with minute teeth, VIII with comb of long microtrichia; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae; sternites apparently with discal microtrichia medially.

Measurements (holotype female in microns): Body length 1120, Head, length 58, width 160; ocellar setae III length 23. Pronotum length 110, width 185. Fore wing length 700. Antennal segments I–VIII length 25, 38, 60, 69, 50, 55, 10, 13.

Material studied. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia [Seara], vii.1957, on dead branches (F. Plaumann) ( USNM).

Comments. Known only from a single female, this species is similar to N. ruginosus in colour and sculpture, but has the fore wings uniformly dark medially, and the sense cone on antennal segment IV exceptionally elongate.

Figures

FIGURES 32 – 40. Neohydatothrips species. Head and pronotum 32 – 39: (32) maculatus; (33) maculicollis; (34) notialis; (35) plaumanni; (36) novateutoniae; (37) samayunkur; (38) renatae; (39) sidae. (40) paraensis pronotum.

FIGURES 50 – 66. Neohydatothrips species. Head and pronotum 50 – 51: (50) paraensis; (51) burungae. (52) samayunkur, pro, meso and metanotum. Metasternal plate 53 – 59: (53) burungae; (54) chelinus; (55) dosulis; (56) gracilipes; (57) humberto; (58) sidae; (59) inversus. (60) burungae male sternite VII. Antennal segments III – V: (61) inversus paratype; (62) geminus paratype; (63) sulcus. Antennal segments III – VIII: (64) novateutoniae; (65) renatae; (66) plaumanni.