Neohydatothrips rapoporti Johansen

Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4162 (1), pp. 1-45 : 36-37

Neohydatothrips rapoporti Johansen

Neohydatothrips rapoporti Johansen, 1983: 110 .

Female macroptera. Colour: mainly yellowish brown, ocellar area striate, anterior margin of mesonotum and metanotum, pronotal blotch and antecostal ridges also anterolateral areas on tergites III–VII brown; abdominal tergites II–IV and VII–IX brown; antennal segment I light brown to brown, II brown, III light brown with darker apex, IV light brown with base and apex brown, V light brown with brown base and apical half, VI–VIII brown; legs yellow with femora and tibiae shaded brown medially; fore wing brown with one sub-apical pale area.

Structure: Occipital apodeme not confluent with posterior margin of eyes; pronotum transversely striate with no internal markings, pronotal blotch distinct; mesonotum transversely striate; metanotal striae transverse on anterior half, longitudinal on posterior half; metasternal plate with shallow emargination; comb of microtrichia incomplete on tergites III–VI, complete on VII–VIII; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae.

Material studied. None.

Comments. This species was based on several specimens collected in Hidalgo, Mexico. It is described as having the occipital apodeme close to the posterior margins of the compound eyes, and one small pale spot subbasally on the fore wing. However, Johansen’s original illustrations, and a photograph presumably of a specimen from the type series published subsequently ( Johansen-Naime & Mojica-Guzmán 2009), show the occipital apodeme far from the compound eyes and one defined pale band subapically on the fore wing. It is these character states that are used here to distinguish N. rapoporti from its congeners. Apart from the type specimens, several other individuals have been collected on Buddleja leaves, which is probably its host plant ( Johansen-Naime & Mojica-Guzmán 2009). The species is unique in being mostly yellowish brown but with bicoloured fore wings.