Apelaunothrips Zhao & Jia & Tong 2018
Creators: name: Zhao, Chao
name: Jia, Huimin
name: Tong, Xiaoli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Apelaunothrips

description: Key to Apelaunothrips species from China (female)
[* indicates included here based on published information]
1. Antennal segments III and IV each with 2 sense cones........................................................ 2
-. Antennal segment III with 2–3 sense cones, IV with 3–4 (5).................................................... 3
2. Interocellar setae acute; eyes approximately 1/4 of head length; metanotum with 12–14 setae (Fig. 12)............... lieni
-. Interocellar setae weakly capitate; eyes approximately 1/3 of head length; metanotum with 2–6 setae (Fig. 11)....... indicus
3. Antennal segment III with 2 sense cones, IV with 3........................................................... 4
-. Antennal segment III with 3 sense cones, IV with 3–4 or (2+2+1)................................................ 5
4. Body brown except antennal segments III–IV, pterothorax, legs and abdominal segments V–VI yellow to yellowish brown; pelta trapezoidal............................................................................. hainanensis
-. Body largely yellow except antennal segments I–II, head and abdominal segments VII–IX (sometimes II) and tube brown; pelta hat-shaped....................................................................... medioflavus [in part]
5. Antennal segments III and IV each with 3 sense cones........................................................ 6
-. Antennal segment III with 3 sense cones, IV with 4 or (2+2+1).................................................. 7
6. Head 1.2 times as long as width; pelta trapezoidal or subtriangular; abdominal segments III–VI each with a small brown marking anteriorly.................................................................................... luridus
-. Head 1.5 times as long as width; pelta hat-shaped; abdominal segments III–VI yellow without any brown marking............................................................................................. medioflavus [in part]
7. Body bicoloured yellow and brown....................................................................... 8
-. Body uniformly brown................................................................................. 9
8. Head brown, antennal segment IV with 4 sense cones; pelta without paired campaniform sensilla; abdominal segment IX yellow; fore tarsal tooth absent........................................................................ bicolor
-. Head yellow, antennal segment IV with (2+2+1) sense cones; pelta with paired campaniform sensilla; abdominal segment IX brown; fore tarsal tooth present.................................................................... longidens
9. Antennal segment VIII not constricted at base.............................................................. 10
-. Antennal segment VIII constricted to short basal neck........................................................ 11
10. Dorsal surface of head entirely with reticulation or striation; pronotal anteromarginal setae usually well developed and
expanded at apex............................................................................... consimilis -. Dorsal surface of head smooth medially; pronotal anteromarginal setae usually reduced to small and acute setae.. nigripennis
11. Fore tarsus with no tooth............................................................................... 12
-. Fore tarsus with a small tooth (Fig. 2); all tibiae and tarsi yellow; pelta long hat-shaped (Fig. 4)............ dentiellus sp. n.
12. All tibiae and tarsi yellow; forewing without any speckles............................................. montanus *
-. All tibiae and tarsi brown; forewing with some small speckles apical third (Fig. 14)....................... maculipennis
description: Published as part of Zhao, Chao, Jia, Huimin & Tong, Xiaoli, 2018, Two new records and one new species of the genus Apelaunothrips from China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), pp. 385-393 in Zootaxa 4450 (3) on pages 386-387, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1444850