Psalidothrips
Creators: name: Wang, Jun
name: Tong, Xiao-Li
name: Zhang, Wei-Qiu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Psalidothrips

description: Key to Psalidothrips species from China
1. Antennal segment III with 2 sense cones .................................................................................................... 2
- Antennal segment III with 3 sense cones .................................................................................................... 4
2. Antennal segment IV with 3 sense cones; glandular area shuttle-shaped on abdominal sternite VIII of male (Fig. 8) ........................................................................................................................ P. elagatus sp. n.
- Antennal segment IV with 2 sense cones; glandular area on abdominal sternite VIII of male not shuttle- shaped ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
3. Cheeks slightly widened at base of head; postocellar setae short, usually less than 20 microns; glandular area on abdominal sternite VIII of male transversely elongated ......................................... P. simplus Haga
- Cheeks weakly narrowed at base of head; postocellar setae usually more than 20 microns; glandular area on abdominal sternite VIII of male narrow and arched ............................... P. chebalingicus Zhang & Tong
4. Antennal segment IV with 3 sense cones ................................................................................................... 5
- Antennal segment IV with 4 sense cones ................................................................................................... 8
5. Fore tarsal tooth present in both sexes ........................................................................................................ 6
- Fore tarsal tooth absent in female ............................................................................................................... 7
6. Tube brown; abdominal segments IV to IX yellowish brown; antennal segment VIII longer than VII (Fig. 18) ..................................................................................................................................... P. longidens sp. n.
- Tube brownish yellow; abdominal segment IX brown; antennal segment VIII almost as long as VII........ ....................................................................................................................................... P. armatus Okajima
7. Postocular and epimeral setae with apices expanded; cheeks constricted behind eyes ..... P. amens Priesner
- Postocular and epimeral setae with apices pointed; cheeks almost straight, not constricted behind eyes (Fig. 11) ......................................................................................................................... P. bicoloratus sp. n.
8. Antennal segments IV-VIII yellowish; B1 of abdominal tergum IX much shorter than B2 and tube ............ .......................................................................................................................................... P. lewisi (Bagnall)
- Antennal segments III-VIII yellowish brown; B1 of abdominal tergum IX longer than B2 and tube........... ............................................................................................................................. P. ascitus (Ananthrishnan)
description: Published as part of Wang, Jun, Tong, Xiao-Li & Zhang, Wei-Qiu, 2007, The genus Psalidothrips Priesner in China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) with three new species, pp. 23-31 in Zootaxa 1642 on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179676