Trachynotothrips brevispinis Masumoto & Okajima 2005
Creators: name: Singha, Devkant
name: Patidar, Abhishek
name: Tyagi, Kaomud
name: Kumar, Vikas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Trachynotothrips
Trachynotothrips brevispinis

description: Trachynotothrips brevispinis Masumoto & Okajima   
This species has been known only from a single male collected on Phuket Island, Thailand. The description of the female given here is based on the specimens listed below.  
 Female macroptera. Body light brown with brown markings (Fig. 11). Head brown; antennal segments I–II and VI–VIII light brown; III–V yellowish white with distal half light brown (Fig. 13). Prothorax uniformly yellowish white (Fig. 14). Meso- and metathorax light brown with brown markings laterally. Fore wings light brown with three clear areas. Fore and mid legs light brown; hind leg pale yellow. Abdominal segments I–II yellowish white, III brown anterio marginally, segments III–VII brown, VIII–X whitish yellow. Body setae brown.   
Head longer than wide; dorsal surface with anastomosing lines of sculpture having small wrinkles between sculpture lines in front of fore ocellus (Fig. 14). Compound eyes with lanceolate setae. Antennae 8-segmented; III and V with microtrichial rows on both dorsal and ventral surfaces and with forked sense cones; IV widest at middle, tapering at distal half; segment VI with inner sense-cone surpassing middle of segment VIII and a ventral apical sense-cone exceeding apex of segment VIII (Fig. 13).  
Pronotum transverse with striation; anteroangular setae small, one pair; posteroangular setae two pairs (Fig. 14). Mesosternum without sternopleural suture; furca with a spinula. Metasternal furca strongly developed Y-shaped extending to mesothorax with a median spinula (Fig. 15). Mesonotum with transverse striae on posterior half; median pair of setae situated near posterior margin. Metanotum with transverse striae; median pair of setae situated at near anterior margin (Fig. 17). Maxillary palps 3-segmented. Fore wing surface covered by transverse rows of equal length of microtrichia; upper vein with 6 setae; lower vein with 5 setae; clavus with 4 setae. Abdominal tergites I–VIII with striation outside of B2 setae; II with four lateral maginal setae (Fig. 16). Abdominal sternites with three pairs of posteromarginal setae and no discal setae (Fig. 18).  
 Measurements in microns. Distended body length 858. Dorsal head length 78; across cheeks 33; compound eye dorsal length (width) 42 (32); Pronotum median length (width) 93 (183). Fore wing length 516. Ovipositor length 132. Antennal length 213, segments I–VII length (width) as follows: 24 (20), 32 (25), 27 (20), 33 (18), 29 (16), 38 (12), 9 (4), 17 (2).   
 Male macroptera. Body colour and other characters similar to female (Fig. 12). Abdominal tergites III–IV with two pairs of short spine-like stout setae present laterally (Fig. 20). Abdominal sternites V–VI with numerous pore areas (Fig. 19).   
 Specimens studied. India, Kerala, one female, Thrissur, Kerala (N10.52, E76.37, 106 m), from Sterculia guttata, 03.i.2019 (Reg. No. 11238/H17), one male Thrissur, Kerala (N10.52, E76.37, 106 m), from Calycopteris floribunda, Thrissur, 03.i.2019 (Reg. No. 10757/H17), collected by Iftikar Rahman.
description: Published as part of Singha, Devkant, Patidar, Abhishek, Tyagi, Kaomud & Kumar, Vikas, 2021, A new species of Oneilliella from India with description of the female of Trachynotothrips brevispinis Masumoto & Okajima (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), pp. 186-192 in Zootaxa 4941 (2) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4594963