Apelaunothrips
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Apelaunothrips

description: Key to species of Apelaunothrips
[developed largely from published descriptions]
1. Body and head almost entirely yellow, only tube brown....................................................... 2
-. Body either brown or bicoloured yellow and brown, if largely yellow then at least tergite IX brown.................... 3
2. Antennal segments IV–VIII uniformly dark brown (Fig. 18); pronotal am setae acute, less than 20 microns long [pronotal notopleural sutures not fully complete; fore wing with no duplicated cilia]............................. desleyae sp.n.
-. Antennal segments IV–VII brown with base yellow; pronotal am setae capitate, more than 40 microns long......... lucidus
3. Antennal segment IV with 2 sensoria...................................................................... 4
-. Antennal segment IV with 3 or 4 (5?) sensoria............................................................... 5
4. Interocellar setae acute; mesonotum with 12–14 setae..................................................... lieni
-. Interocellar setae weakly capitate; mesonotum with 2–4 setae.............................................. indicus
5. Antennal segment IV with 3 sensoria...................................................................... 6
-. Antennal segment IV with 4 (5?) sensoria................................................................. 16
6. Antennal segment III with 2 sensoria...................................................................... 7
-. Antennal segment III with 3 sensoria..................................................................... 10
7. Eyes prolonged ventrally........................................................................ cephalicus
-. Ventral length of eyes no longer than dorsal length........................................................... 8
8. Pronotum and abdominal segments II–III yellow............................................. medioflavus [in part]
-. Pronotum and abdominal segments II–III brown............................................................. 9
9. Antennae slender, IV at least 2.5 times as long as wide; pelta bell-shaped with campaniform sensilla............... tasmani
-. Antennae less slender, IV less than 2.3 times as long as wide; pelta trapezoidal without campaniform sensilla.... hainanensis
10. Abdominal segments III–IV yellow...................................................................... 11
-. Abdominal segments III–IV brown....................................................................... 12
11. Abdominal segments I–VII yellow, III–VI with small brown anterior marking................................. luridus
-. Abdominal segment II and VI–IX brown................................................... medioflavus [in part]
12. Abdomen bicoloured.................................................................................. 13
-. Abdomen uniformly brown............................................................................. 15
13. Abdominal segments I and IX yellow, II–VIII brown.................................................... zonatus
-. Abdominal segment IX brown, either or both V and VI yellow................................................. 14
14. Abdominal segments I and V yellow, VI brown..................................................... madrasensis
-. Abdominal segment I brown, V and VI yellow........................................................... leios
15. Head 1.4 times as long as width..................................................................... haradai
-. Head 1.2 times as long as width....................................................................... aokii
16. Body not uniformly brown, often bicoloured............................................................... 17
-. Body uniformly brown................................................................................ 28
17. Head uniformly brown................................................................................ 18
-. Head yellow at least in part............................................................................. 22
18. Eyes prolonged posteriorly on ventral surface of head (Fig. 8)............................................ ocularis
-. Eyes not longer ventrally than dorsally.................................................................... 19
19. Antennal segment VIII not constricted at base......................................................... fasciatus
-. Antennal segment VIII constricted to short basal neck (Fig. 20)................................................ 20
20. Eyes about as long as postocular length of vertex..................................................... japonicus
-. Dorsal eye length less than postocular length of vertex....................................................... 21
21. Legs, pronotum, and abdomen yellow................................................................ bicolor
-. Femora dark brown, pronotum and abdominal segments II and IX brown, III–VIII brown laterally........... gombak sp.n.
22. Vertex fully reticulate medially; antennal segment VIII strongly constricted at base................................ 23
-. Median area of vertex without sculpture; antennal segment VIII base variable..................................... 25
23. Abdominal segment III brown; tube brown with basal fifth yellow.......................................... tricolor
-. Abdominal segment III yellow; tube brown with only extreme base yellow....................................... 24
24. Femora yellow; pointed mouth cone extends to posterior margin of prothorax................................ rostratus
-. Femora brown or shaded with brown; mouth cone not extending across prosternum......................... marginalis
25. Abdominal segment II brown, clearly darker than segments III–V.............................................. 26
-. Abdominal segment II equally yellow as segments III–V..................................................... 27
26. Head less than 1.2 times as long as wide (Fig. 2); cheeks with one pair of prominent setae; antennal segment VIII with distinct basal neck (Fig. 16)............................................................................ bogor sp.n.
-. Head more than 1.3 times as long as wide; cheeks with several prominent setae; antennal segment VIII weakly constricted at base........................................................................................... spinalis
27. Antennal segment VIII weakly constricted at base...................................................... limbatus
-. Antennal segment VIII strongly constricted at base.................................................... longidens
28. Head 1.1 times as long as wide or less.................................................................... 29
-. Head more than 1.1 times as long as wide................................................................. 32
29. Vertex with transverse lines of sculpture medially........................................................... 30
-. Vertex with no sculpture medially........................................................................ 31
30. Fore wings colourless............................................................................ bhowalii
-. Fore wings shaded pale brown................................................................. philippinensis
31. Mid and hind tibiae dark brown with paler apices.................................................... nigripennis
-. Mid and hind tibiae yellow...................................................................... simpliceps
32. Fore wing sub-basal setae S3 capitate..................................................................... 33
-. Fore wing sub-basal setae S3 acute or softly pointed......................................................... 35
33. Vertex finely sculptured medially................................................................. gabonensis
-. Vertex with no sculpture medially........................................................................ 34
34. Head 1.2 times as long as wide; hind tibiae brown.................................................. maculipennis
-. Head about 1.5 times as long as wide; hind tibiae yellow............................................... montanus
35. Fore tarsus with small tooth on inner margin; fore femora with basal tubercle in both sexes..................... armatus
-. Fore tarsus with no tooth; fore femora without basal tubercle on inner margin..................................... 36
36. Tergite IX setae S1 and S2 with apices sharply pointed....................................................... 37
-. Tergite IX setae S1 and S2 with apices weakly expanded or softly pointed........................................ 38
37. Postocellar setae about as long as longitudinal diameter of an ocellus..................................... flavicornis
-. Postocellar setae much longer than longitudinal diameter of an ocellus................................... malayensis
38. Postocellar setae minute; pelta bell-shaped........................................................... femoralis
-. Postocellar setae longer than longitudinal diameter of an ocellus (Fig. 3); pelta subtriangular.................. consimilis
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., 2013, Species diversity in the Palaeotropical leaf-litter genus Apelaunothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), pp. 181-193 in Zootaxa 3741 (1) on pages 186-187, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3741.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/219275