Pezothrips Karny 1907
Creators: name: Masumoto, Masami
name: Okajima, Shûji
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Pezothrips

description: Key to species of Pezothrips
(brodskii excluded; *based on literature and images)
1. Abdominal tergite VIII with posteromarginal comb complete, microtrichia long and fine, rarely a few median microtrichia short (Figs 23, 30, 66); metascutum with paired CPS (Fig. 20)...................................................... 2
-. Abdominal tergite VIII with posteromarginal comb only each side or with small scallops or teeth, no long microtrichia (Figs 42, 51, 60); metascutum with or without paired CPS (Fig. 58).................................................. 7
2. Antennal segment I much paler than II (Figs 4, 15)........................................................... 3
-. Antennal segment I as dark as II (Fig. 5)................................................................... 4
3. Body largely yellow (Fig. 4); pronotum with transverse striae anteriorly and posteriorly, with 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae and about 10 setae at anterior margin (Fig. 28); abdominal tergites without sculpture between S1 setae (Fig. 30) [Uzbekistan]............................................................................................... cereus
-. Body dark brown (Fig. 15); pronotum with transverse striae almost throughout, with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae and about 4 setae at anterior margin (Fig. 71); abdominal tergites with sculpture between S1 setae (Figs 73, 71) [Central Europe]................................................................................................. nigriventris
4. Antennal segments uniformly brown; abdominal tergite VIII with median CPS in front of S1 setae [Tibet]..... brunicornis *
-. Antennal segment III yellow (Figs 5, 11, 12); abdominal tergite VIII with median CPS usually posterior to S1 setae (Fig. 23)5
5. Ocellar setae III at anterior margin of ocellar triangle; abdominal tergites without sculpture between S1 setae, with small teeth at posterior margin (Fig. 22); sternite VII of female with interval between S1 setae as long as their length (Fig. 24) [Tadjikistan]........................................................................................... bactrianus
-. Ocellar setae III just outside of anterior margin of ocellar triangle (Fig. 32); abdominal tergites with sculpture between S1 setae, without small teeth at posterior margin (Fig. 66); sternite VII of female with interval between S1 setae much shorter than their length (Fig. 67)....................................................................................... 6
6. Antennal segment III with setae much stouter than other setae (Fig. 33); abdominal tergites VII and VIII with S2 setae not reaching tergal posterior margins.................................................................... dianthi
-. Antennal segment III with setae similar to other setae (Fig. 63); abdominal tergites VII and VIII with S2 setae (nearly) reaching to or exceeding posterior margins (Fig. 67)..................................................... nadeshiko n. sp.
7. Metascutum with median pair of setae at anterior margin (Fig. 49).............................................. 8
-. Metascutum with median pair of setae behind anterior margin (Figs 40, 44)...................................... 10
8. Abdominal tergites with sculpture throughout; tergite VIII posteromarginal comb with small wide, irregularly spaced bases; both sexes micropterous [Tibet]................................................................. pediculae *
-. Abdominal tergites without sculpture medially; tergite VIII with posteromarginal comb at each side (Fig. 55) or small teeth throughout (Fig. 64); both sexes macropterous or male unknown................................................ 9
9. Pronotum strongly sculptured, with posteromarginal setae II much longer than remaining setae (Fig. 47); metascutum with paired CPS (Fig. 49); abdominal tergite VIII with a pair of patches of many microtrichia anterolaterally, posteromarginal comb present laterally (Fig. 51); ocellar setae III just within anterior margin of ocellar triangle; sternite VII of female with S1 setae wide apart from each other, S2 setae equidistant to or slightly closer to S1 setae than S3 setae (Fig. 52); antennal segment VI of male longer and more slender than that of female (Figs 48, 53), abdominal tergite IX with median pair of setae not stout, posterior margin with pair of small tubercles (Fig. 54) [Australia; also southern Europe and New Zealand]....... kellyanus
-. Pronotum almost smooth, with posteromarginal setae I much longer than remaining setae (Fig. 56); metascutum without CPS (Fig. 58); abdominal tergite VIII with no patches of many microtrichia anterolaterally, posteromarginal comb small but complete (Fig. 60); ocellar setae III just outside anterior margin of ocellar triangle; sternite VII of female with S1 setae close to each other, S2 setae much closer to S3 setae than to S1 setae (Fig. 61); male unknown [Central Europe].............. moravicus
10. Metascutum with median pair of setae close to each other, equidistant to submedian and to each other; mid and hind tibiae brownish yellow and not sharply paler than femora (Fig. 10); antennal segment I without dorso-apical setae [Mongolia].................................................................................................. kaszabi *
-. Metascutum with median pair of setae wide apart each other, their interval much wider than interval between median pair and submedian pair (Fig. 40); mid and hind tibiae yellow in contrast to brown femora (Figs 7, 8, 16); antennal segment I with paired dorso-apical setae (Fig. 39)............................................................................ 11
11. Ocellar setae I present (Fig. 76); metascutal median pair of setae extend beyond posterior margin (Fig. 78); abdominal tergites with transverse sculpture between S1 setae (Figs 79, 80); sternite VII of female with S1 setae wide apart each other than their length (Fig. 81); micropterous (Fig. 16) [Central Europe]........................................... pelikani n. sp.
-. Ocellar setae I absent (Fig. 38); metascutal median pair of setae not extending to posterior margin (Figs 40, 44); abdominal tergites without sculpture between S1 setae (Figs 41, 42); sternite VII of female with S1 setae close to each other (Fig. 43); micropterous (Fig. 7) or macropterous (Fig. 8) [Central Europe].......................................... frontalis
description: Published as part of Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2020, Two new species of Pezothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in Japan and Europe, with designation of lectotype of type species, pp. 75-91 in Zootaxa 4743 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3687644