Neohydatothrips John
Creators: name: Feng, Qingjing
name: Wang, Jiayang
name: Tong, Xiaoli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neohydatothrips

description: Key to Neohydatothrips species from China
(*based on the original description)
1. Antenna 7-segmented.................................................................................. 2
-. Antenna 8-segmented.................................................................................. 4
2. Fore wing brown with 3 pale bands, second vein with 2 distal setae; hind tibiae yellow...................... plynopygus
-. Fore wing brown with one sub-basal pale band, second vein without distal setae; hind tibiae dark brown................ 3
3. Abdominal segments bicoloured, tergites V–VI yellow, I–IV and VII–X brown (Fig. 9); sense cone on antennal segments V–VI with wide base............................................................................. xestosternitus
-. Abdominal tergites I–VI brown uniformly, VII–X dark brown (Fig. 8); sense cone on antennal segments V–VI with short base........................................................................................ reticulatus
4. Abdominal tergites I–III and VI with dark brown semi-elliptical areas laterally.................................... 5
- Abdominal tergites without semi-elliptical areas............................................................ 6
5. Occipital apodeme confluent with posterior margin of eyes; male with long elliptical pore plate on sternites VI and VII.................................................................................................. tabulifer
-. Occipital apodeme close to but not confluent with posterior margin of eyes, distance between posterior margin of eyes and occipital apodeme nearly as long as diameter of one ommatidium; male without pore plate on sternites.......... luteolipes
6. Abdominal tergites brown except IV–VI or V–VI yellow...................................................... 7
-. Not above combination of characters..................................................................... 11
7. Abdominal tergites IV–VI yellow; margins of pronotal blotch poorly defined...................................... 8
-. Abdominal tergites V–VI yellow; margins of pronotal blotch well defined........................................ 9
8. Pronotum yellow, blotch indistinct; fore wing second vein with 1 distal seta; abdominal tergites without craspedum on posterior margins....................................................................................... epipactis
-. Pronotum brown, blotch shaded with more closely spaced striae (Fig. 12); fore wing second vein without distal setae (Fig. 15); abdominal tergites with craspedum on posterior margins (Figs 17 & 18)............................... sophorae sp. n.
9. Fore wing second vein without distal setae; hind tibiae largely brown.................................... magnoliae
-. Fore wing second vein with 2 distal setae; hind tibiae yellow.................................................. 10
10. Pronotum anterior third transversely reticulate with longitudinal wrinkles; abdominal tergites II–IV without wrinkles among microtrichia................................................................................ flavicingulus
-. Pronotum anterior third transversely elongate reticulate with irregular wrinkles; abdominal tergites II–IV with wrinkles among microtrichia................................................................................... medius *
11. Posterior margin of abdominal tergites with craspedum.............................................. gracilicornis
-. Posterior margin of abdominal tergites without craspedum.................................................... 12
12. Margins of pronotal blotch poorly defined................................................................. 13
-. Margins of pronotal blotch clearly defined................................................................ 14
13. Pronotal blotch indistinct, lighter than pronotum; posterior half of abdominal tergite VII and tergites VIII–IX brown................................................................................................... trypherus
-. Pronotal blotch light brown with margins poorly defined, darker than pronotum, posterior margin concave; posterior half of abdominal tergite VII and tergites VIII–IX yellow.................................................... gracilipes
14. Pronotal blotch bowtie-shaped, anterior and posterior margins strongly concave medially........................... 15
-. Pronotal blotch nearly rectangular or only posterior margin strongly concave medially............................. 16
15. Body mainly yellow (Fig. 20); pronotum yellow with brown blotch; fore wing pale with one short brown band sub-basally, second vein without distal setae (Figs 20 & 25)....................................................... tadzhicus
-. Body mainly brown, pronotum light brown with dark brown blotch; fore wing (sometimes micropterous) dark brown with one pale band sub-basally, second vein with 1 distal seta................................................... elaeagni
16. Fore wing brown with 1 pale band, second vein with 2 distal setae............................................. 17
-. Fore wing brown with 3 pale bands, second vein without distal setae................................... samayunkur *
17. Pronotal blotch nearly rectangular, posterior margin straight; median pair of setae situated on antecostal ridge of tergites II– VI........................................................................................... surrufus
-. Posterior margin of pronotal blotch strongly concave medially; median pair of setae situated behind antecostal ridge of tergites II–VI........................................................................................ concavus
description: Published as part of Feng, Qingjing, Wang, Jiayang & Tong, Xiaoli, 2021, Neohydatothrips from China, with one new species and one new record (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), pp. 562-570 in Zootaxa 5057 (4) on pages 562-563, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5057.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5598929