Ctenothrips parisae, Wang & Li & Tong & Mound, 2020

Ctenothrips parisae View in CoL sp.n.

( Figs 4 View FIGURES 2–15 , 19, 23, 30 View FIGURES 16–31 , 45, 48 View FIGURES 39–52 , 61–63 View FIGURES 53–62 View FIGURE 63 )

Female macroptera. Body dark brown including legs, bases of femora and tibiae pale, tarsi pale; antennal segments I–II dark brown, III–V and the basal third of VI yellow, apex of VI and VII brown, VIII yellow; fore wings pale brown with basal fifth paler and sub-base darker. Head longer than wide ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 2–15 ), with distinctly elongate reticulations behind eyes; ocellar setae III arising between posterior ocelli, as long as length of eyes; postocular setae 4 pairs arising almost in a row, with pair III slightly ahead row, all these setae shorter than ocellar setae III. Antennae 8-segmented, typical of the genus. Pronotum wider than long, without obvious sculpture, 0–3 pairs of discal setae present medially, 2 pairs of long posteroangular setae, posterior margin generally with 1 pair of setae ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 16–31 ). Fore wing first setal row almost complete, setae closely spaced in sub-basal area, but more widely spaced in distal half; first vein with 26–30 setae, second vein with 21–25 setae, clavus with 5+1 setae ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 16–31 ). Abdominal tergite I fully reticulate with median setae short, campaniform sensilla close to posterior margin; tergites II–VII almost fully polygonally reticulate, but area close to posterior margin almost smooth; tergite VIII reticulate anteriorly and later- ally, posteromarginal comb complete, a few microtrichia present in front of spiracle; tergite IX with no reticulation; tergite X with weak reticulation, median longitudinal split complete. Abdominal sternites fully reticulate, sternite VII posteromarginal setae S1 and S2 arising in front of margin, with S1 further apart.

Measurements ( holotype female in microns). Distended body length 2830. Head length 245, width across eyes 189, ocellar III length 106. Pronotum length 208, width 304; posteroangular setae length, inner 126, outer 126. Metanotum median setae length 70. Fore wings 1720. Antennal length 260; segments III–VIII length 102, 94, 76, 100, 14, 20.

Male macroptera. Similar to female, abdominal tergite VIII with posteromarginal comb complete; tergite IX with two pairs of short stout setae ( Fig. 48 View FIGURES 39–52 ), anterior pair longer than posterior pair; sternites III–VIII each with a transverse pore plate, about 85–115 microns wide and 30 microns long ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 39–52 ).

Measurements ( paratype male in microns). Distended body length 2570. Head length 245, width across eyes 203; ocellar setae III length 119. Pronotum median length 301, width 210; posteroangular inner setae 92, outer 86. Metascutum median setae length 38. Fore wings 1340. Antennal segments III to VII length as followings: 76, 72, 54, 84, 14, 22.

Material studied. Holotype female, CHINA, Yunnan, Lijiang ( 26º51’ N, 100º13’E), from leaves of Paris yunnanensis ( Fig. 63 View FIGURE 63 ), 25.ix.2017 (Huang Hua) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 22 females and 4 males, collected with holotype. Type specimens are deposited in YAU GoogleMaps , 1 female and 1 male paratype in ANIC .

Etymology. The species is named after the plant on which it was collected.

Comments: This species is closely similar to kwanzanensis in body structure and color but differs in having a larger body size, about 2.8 mm long, pronotum generally with one pair of posteromarginal setae and male tergite IX with two pairs of short stout thorn-like setae. In contrast, the females of kwanzanensis are about 1.9–2.3 mm long; pronotum generally with two pairs of posteromarginal setae and male without thorn like setae on tergite IX. The male of this species is also similar to transeolineae in having thorn-like setae on tergite IX. It can be distinguished from that species by the 4 pairs of postocular setae arising almost in a row, ocellar setae pair III arising within the ocellar triangle and the pronotum is rather smooth ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 16–31 ).