Konothrips Bhatti
Creators: name: Nakahara, Sueo
name: Foottit, Robert G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Konothrips

description: Konothrips Bhatti
Konothrips Bhatti 1990: 196. Type species: Chirothrips tuttlei zur Strassen by original designation.
Antennal segment I enlarged, more than 2.5 times as wide as base of segment II; segment II prolonged laterally, resembles inverted shoe, a well defined gland protrudes apically over sense cone on apex of the sclerotized part of process. Head with 40 plus short, stout setae anterior of fore ocellus. Pronotum subtrapezoidal, with numerous, short conical setae; without posteroangular setae or two pairs slightly larger than discal setae. Femur truncate apically, distal 1/3 sculptured with longitudinal, ridged lines or reticles (Fig. 46). Mesonotum (Fig 48) with 4–6 conical or spine-like, discal setae in median area far anterior to posterior margin, median pair of posterior setae absent, setae larger than those on pronotum; mesosternal furca invaginations separated by less than 2/5 to about width of metathoracic coxae. Metanotum (Fig. 49) with median pair of conical setae. Fore wings with 1 to few costal setae. Abdominal tergites with submarginal sculpture oriented longitudinally or diagonally (Figs. 42, 50), medially reticulated or transversely striate; 5 pairs of dorsal conical or spine-like setae, those on posterior tergites more elongate; posteromarginal flange narrow, about as wide as length of dorsal setae. Abdominal sternite with submarginal sculpture oriented longitudinally or diagonally; sternal discal setae absent; ovipositor short, 110–136 µm long. Male brachypterous. Smaller than female. Abdominal tergite IX with short B1–B2 setae; sternites III–VII each with glandular areas.
Comments. According to Bhatti (1990) Konothrips is distinguished by the sculpture on abdominal terga and sterna oriented longitudinally (Fig. 42); costa of fore wing without series of setae, having only a single seta; and ovipositor smooth, lacking teeth. Konothrips colei, new species, is intermediate in these structures between tuttlei, the type species of genus, and members of Arorathrips. In K. colei the abdominal tergal sculpturing is diagonally oriented on submargin and transverse or reticulated medially (Fig. 50), and the submarginal, sternal sculpturing is more longitudinally oriented (Fig. 51), the ovipositor is reduced but with sparse teeth, and the fore wing has sparse costal setae. The differences between Konothrips and Arorathrips are discussed in the comments for Arorathrips. The concept of Konothrips is revised here to accomodate K. colei.
Konothrips colei sp. n. (Figs 43–51)
Female. Macropterous. Body brown, head darker brown than thorax or abdomen pale brown with anterior part and terminal segments darker brown; tarsi yellow, tibiae and femora brown with apical or proximal parts yellow, or fore tibiae mostly yellowish brown, femora and mid- and hind tibiae brown dorsally, yellow ventrally. Setae pale yellow or pale yellowish brown. Fore wing pale yellow or shaded with pale yellowish gray tinge. Antenna brown, segment I darkest brown, segment II light brown with produced part yellowish brown, segment III light brown basally.
Antenna (Fig. 43): Segment I 2.5–2.9 times wider than base of segment II, with a transverse dorsal ridge; segment II with inner margin rather straight, outer margin strongly diverging laterally from base to blunt process, apex of process with a distinct gland; 1 subapical sense cone slightly extending beyond apical gland, 1 short dorsal and 1 ventral setae just mediad of sense cone, 1 short seta on outer margin about midway between subapical sense cone and base of segment, 1 short dorsal seta near apex of inner margin and another dorsal seta near base of segment, 1 short ventral seta medially and another ventral seta near apex of inner margin; segment III with convex outer margin, slightly longer than wide; segments III and IV each with simple sense cone; outer sense cone on segment V larger than inner sense cone; inner sense cone of segment VI in distal 1/2, extending to apex of segment.
Head (Fig. 44): Longer than wide from interantennal process, lateral margin of vertex anterior of compound eye 22–24 µm long, slightly converging to broad angle formed with anterior margin of vertex; eye about two times as long as occiput; head smooth except for several transverse sculpture lines by posterior margin; 46 (43–48) short, stout setae on vertex, ocellar setae similar to setae anterior of fore ocellus, posterolaterad of fore ocellus; postocular setae minute, 1 pair posterior of hind ocelli, 2 near posterior margin of eye, 4 minute pores medially between median-most postocular setae; mouthcone broadly conical, shorter than head.
Pronotum (Fig. 45): About as long as broad, with weak short transverse sculpture lines medially; 122 (114– 119) short, spine-like setae in medial and two submarginal bands; posteroangular setae not developed, 14 short, spine-like setae on posteromargin. Prosternum (Fig. 47) with basantra partially weakly sclerotized in posteromedial part, without setae, with finely granulose sculpture; prospinasternum a narrow unsclerotized band, spina inserted into mesosternum. Mesonotum (Fig. 48): Reticulated; anteromedian campaniform sensilla far apart; median posterior setae positioned near submedian setae, both setae far anterior of posterior margin, conical, larger than other setae on notum and pronotum; often with another pair of smaller, spine-like discal setae. Mesofurca with invaginations separated by 20–24 µm, 3/10 to 2/5 width of mesothoracic coxae (Fig. 47). Metanotum (Fig. 49): Sculpture lines longitudinally oriented except medially in arched pattern; median setae conical, as large as submedian setae on mesonotum, in anterior 1/4 of notum, lateral setae bristle-like; pair of companiform sensilla present. Legs: Fore femora with ridged, longitudinally oriented reticles on distal 1/3 (Fig. 46); outer side of fore tibia slightly longer than inner side.
Fore wings: Straight, gradually narrowed distally to blunt apex; 5–6 (4–5) costal setae short, 1 basal of first anterior fringe cilia, those at midlength about 3/5 as long as width of wing; 24 (19–20) slightly wavy anterior fringe cilia; fore vein with 5 (3–4) setae in proximal 1/2, 3 (2–3) distal setae; hindvein with 1 (1–2) seta; scale with 4 (4) marginal setae.
Abdomen: Tergites with diagonally oriented sculpture lines submarginally, transverse or reticulated medially (Fig. 50); 5 pairs of setae on tergites II–VII, on anterior tergites spine-like, progressively more slender posteriorly; median setae slightly anterior to slightly posterior of median campaniform sensilla, posterior of campaniform sensilla on tergite VIII, on tergite VI about 20 µm long; posteromarginal flange narrow, about 5 µm long, laterally with few marginal teeth; tergite IX with 2 pairs of campaniform sensilla, posterior pair near B1 setae; segment X slightly longer than segment IX, with complete dorsal split, pair of campaniform sensilla near B1 setae. Pleurotergites (Fig. 49) with sparse, teeth-like microtrichia on sculpture lines, posteromarginal flange with margin lobed or toothed. Sternites (Fig. 51) transversely sculptured medially; sculpture lines on submargin diagonal but more longitudinally oriented than on tergites; margins of sternites without processes; anteromedial setae absent from sternite I, sternite II with 2 pairs of posteromarginal setae, sternites III–VII with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae, median pair on sternite VII anterior of posterior margin; ovipositors about 135 (131–141) µm long.
Male. Unknown.
Measurements of holotype and (paratype). Body length 1.64 mm, distended 1.87 mm. Other measurements in µm. Antenna total length 199 (205) long; length and width of segment I 24 (27), 47 (50); II 37 (37), 30 (32); III 30 (30), 32 (28); IV 27 (27), 32 (32); V 24 (24), 30 (27); VI 35 (35), 24 (20); VII 10 (11), 8 (8); VII 12 (12), 6 (4). Head: Length from interantennal process 148 long, from compound eyes to tip of interantennal process 116 (111) long, lateral margin of vertex from compound eye to broad angulation formed with anterior margin of vertex 22–24 long, compound eye 59 (57) long, occiput 32 (30) long. Pronotum 247 (235) long, 133 (135) wide (based on flattened specimen). Fore wings 884 (843–847) long, 47 (42–44) wide at midlength. Abdominal segment IX 59 (62) long, X 74 (72) long. Setae: Short stout setae on vertex of head 7–10 long, ocellar setae about 10 long, pronotal discal setae about 7 long, submedian mesonotal setae 12–15 long, median metanotal setae about 12 long; abdominal tergite IX with B1 setae 89 long, B2 setae 94 (96) long, B3 setae 106 long; tergite X with B1 setae 104 (101) long, B2 setae 101 (99) long.
Type material. Holotype female (USNM); Texas, Coma1 Co., Guadalupe River State Park, sweeping, 24-IX- 88, G. Zolnerowich. Paratype females: 1, Texas, Lubbock Co., Slaton, onion field, 21-VII-86, R. Sites; 3, Texas, Bandara Co., Lost Mapels [sic, = Maples] State Park, 21-VII-88, G. Zolnerowich. Paratypes deposited in TESB and USNM.
Distribution. United States (Texas).
Etymology. Named after Charles L. Cole, retired thysanopterist formerly with the Texas Extension Service, Bryan, who provided the type material.
Comments. The specimens are mounted in Hoyer's medium and are rather flattened and distended. Thus the body and head measurements may not agree with those of properly mounted specimens. Also, the description of the coloration may differ from differently treated specimens.
description: Published as part of Nakahara, Sueo & Foottit, Robert G., 2012, Review of Chirothrips and related genera (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the Americas, with descriptions of one new genus and four new species, pp. 1-29 in Zootaxa 3251 on pages 20-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213299