Karnyothrips flavicornis Okajima

Karnyothrips flavicornis Okajima View in CoL

Karnyothrips flavicornis Okajima, 2006: 384–386 View in CoL .

This species was described from Ishigaki Is., the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, based on macropterous females and males. It is very similar to K. flavipes View in CoL in appearance, but it can be distinguished by antennal segment III entirely yellow. Moreover, males of flavipes View in CoL are rarely found, though males of this species are commonly observed.

Diagnosis. Dark brown species; femora dark brown, tibiae yellow or pale brown; antennal segments I and VI–VIII dark brown, segments II and V brown, V with extreme base yellowish, III entirely yellow, IV pale brown with base yellow. Antennal segment VIII not constricted basally; segments III and IV with two (1+1) and three (1+2 +1) sense cones respectively. Maxillary stylets 1/4–1/3 of head width apart. Notopleural sutures complete; mesopresternum transverse, not divided; prospinasternum small. Tergite IX S1 setae expanded, shorter than tube, S2 pointed, much longer than tube in female. Tube a little shorter than 0.6 times as long as head; terminal setae a little longer than 2.0 times as long as tube.

Specimens-examined. Japan, holotype females and paratype females and males (see Okajima 2006, p. 385).