Heterothrips peixotoa Del-Claro, Marullo & Mound, 1997

Pereyra, Veronica & Cavalleri, Adriano, 2012, The genus Heterothrips (Thysanoptera) in Brazil, with an identification key and seven new species, Zootaxa 3237, pp. 1-23 : 18

Heterothrips peixotoa Del-Claro, Marullo & Mound, 1997

This species is unusual in having largely pale fore wings ( Fig. 58 ), with a small but distinctive brown area at the extreme apex ( Fig. 55 ). The head lacks ocellar setae pair I ( Fig. 56 ) and the abdominal tergites are covered with fine microtrichia laterally and bear a fringe of independent long microtrichia posteriorly. The males have large transverse pore plates on abdominal sternites VII–VIII. This species is found commonly on several Malpighiaceae species, and is widespread in the Brazilian savannah.

Material examined. Paratype female, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Uberlândia, 14.vii.1995, on Peixotoa tomentosa flowers (K. Del-Claro); Bahia, Ibicoara, iv.2002, 8 females, 11 males on “native plants” (O. Feiler); São Paulo, Mogi-Guaçu, 25.ix.2007, 1 female, 1 male on Peixotoa flowers (A. Cavalleri); 2 females with similar data but 14.v.2010; Mogi-Guaçu, 1.vi.2010, 1 female on Banisteriopsis flowers; same locality, 22.ix.2007, 1 female on Cochlospermum regium flowers; same locality, 30.ix.2011, 5 females on Diplopterys pubipetala flower.

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.