Neohydatothrips John. The 1929
Creators: name: Wang, Chin-Ling
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neohydatothrips

description: Key to species of Neohydatothrips from East and South Asia   
1. Antenna 7 segmented................................................................................................................................... 2  
-. Antenna 8 segmented................................................................................................................................... 5  
 2. Median pair of setae on pronotal posterior margin forked at apex......................................... bifurcisetosus   
-. Median pair of setae on pronotal posterior margin simple......................................................................... 3  
 3. At least certain antecostal ridges on abdominal tergites II–VII pale or absent (fig. 8E)............. plynopygus   
-. All antecostal ridges on abdominal tergites II–VII dark............................................................................. 4  
 4. Abdominal tergites VI–VII lighter than other tergites............................................................. xestosternitus   
 -. Abdominal tergites I–VII lighter.................................................................................................. reticulates   
 5. Posterior margins of abdominal tergites with craspedum......................................................... gracilicornis   
-. Posterior margins of abdominal tergites without craspedum...................................................................... 6  
 6. Pronotal blotch weakly sclerotized (fig. 6C); abdomen yellow, tergites II–VI with brown areas posterior antecostal ridge laterally ................................................................................................................ gracilipes   
-. Pronotal blotch well sclerotized with clear margin; abdomen entirely brown or with paler and darker tergites............................................................................................................................................................... 7  
7. Forewing second vein with at least 1 seta................................................................................................... 8  
-. Forewing second vein without setae......................................................................................................... 12  
 8. Mid and hind tibiae brown................................................................................................................. medius   
-. Mid and hind tibiae yellow......................................................................................................................... 9  
 9. Abdominal tergite VI paler than other tergites....................................................................... surrufus sp. n.   
-. Abdominal tergites VI not paler than other tergites.................................................................................. 10  
 10. Anterior and posterior margins of pronotal blotch parallel......................................................... ponyaunpe   
-. Anterior and posterior margins of pronotal blotch strongly concave........................................................ 11  
 11. Abdominal tergites IV–VI with 47 setae lateral to discal setae III............................................. mitubautugi   
 -. Abdominal tergites IV–VI with less than 4 setae lateral to discal setae III..................................... elaeagni   
12. Occipital apodeme touching posterior margin of eyes.............................................................................. 13  
-. Occipital apodeme not touching posterior margin of eyes....................................................................... 14  
 13. Abdominal tergites IV–V yellow, tergites I–III and VI with brown semi-elliptical areas clearly separated from median yellow areas (fig. 11D) ................................................................................................ tabulifer   
 -. Abdominal tergites without such brown semi-elliptical areas............................................................ kenidai   
 14. Body bicolored, brown on head, pronotal blotch, most of pteronotum, laterals of tergites I–III, anterior of abdominal tergite IV, and tergites VII–X, the rest parts yellow ................................................ samayunkur   
-. Body pale yellowish, laterals of abdominal tergites II–III and tergite VIII grayish shaded...................... 15  
 15. Male abdominal sternites III–VI each with a small circular glandular area........................................... latis   
 -. Male abdominal sternites without glandular area........................................................................... trypherus
description: Published as part of Wang, Chin-Ling, 2007, Hydatothrips and Neohydatothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of East and South Asia with three new species from Taiwan, pp. 47-68 in Zootaxa 1575 (1) on pages 58-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1575.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5096889