Neohydatothrips pseudoannulipes Johansen

Neohydatothrips pseudoannulipes Johansen

Neohydatothrips pseudoannulipes Johansen, 1983: 108.

Female macroptera. Colour: body bicoloured, head, mesonotum, metanotum and abdominal tergites II–IV and VII–IX brown; pronotum and abdominal tergites I, V–VI and X yellow, antennal segments I–III pale, IV yellow with apical third brown, V brown with basal third yellow, light brown with base and apical fourth brown, V light brown with base and apical third brown, VI–VIII brown; legs yellow except for median shaded brown area on mid and hind femora also fore and mid tibiae; fore wing with three brown (including base and apex) and two pale bands.

Structure: Occipital apodeme not confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area apparently weakly striated; pronotum transversely reticulate with no internal markings and some broader reticles medially, pronotal blotch distinct; mesonotum transversely striate; metanotal striae transverse on anterior half, longitudinal on posterior half; metasternal plate with shallow emargination; fore wing with two setae on second vein, 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 described from several specimens collected in a montane area in Hidalgo, Mexico, although at least one of them is not conspecific (Nakahara 1999) (see N. samayunkur comments section). Although compared to N. annulipes in the original description, it seems to be more related to N. chelinus and N. daedalus, although the pattern of colouration is different and the pronotal reticles of these Brazilian species are broader.