Hydatothrips proximus Bhatti

Hydatothrips proximus Bhatti

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Hydatothrips proximus Bhatti, 1973: 426

Hydatothrips jiawensis Chou & Feng, 1990: 11 –12. syn. n.

FIGURES 1–9. (1–3) Metasternum: (1) Hydatothrips abdominalis, (2) H. proximus, (3) Neohydatothrips trypherus; (4–5) abdominal tergum V: (4) N. trypherus, (5) H. abdominalis. (6–7) Sericothrips houji: (6) abdominal terga II–IV, (7) head and pronotum. (8–9) H. longjingensis sp. n.: (8) head and pronotum, (9) forewing. (Scale bar=50 microns).

H. jiawensis was described from a single female, and distinguished from the Indian species, H. proximus, by the following characters: wrinkles present on exterior margin of pronotal blotch area outside; abdominal terga without microtrichia on segments II–VII. However, these species are similar especially in the absence of microtrichia on abdominal tergum X and the colour of the body. No differences could be found between the two specimens of jiawensis listed below and the description of proximus. Females of H. chinensis are also similar to H. proximus in morphology, but males of chinensis have a pore plate (=glandular area) only on abdominal sternum V, whereas according to Wang (2007) H. proximus has shorter pore plates only on sterna VI and VII.

Material examined. CHINA: Holotype female of H. jiawensis, Shaanxi Province, Jiawu Mountain, grass, 22.vi.1987, Feng Ji-nian; a paratype female of H. jiawensis, same data except 10.vi.1986, NWAFU.

Distribution. China (Guizho and Shaanxi); India.