Glyptothrips silvaticus ( Hood, 1957b )

Glyptothrips silvaticus ( Hood, 1957b) View in CoL

( Figs 61–65 View FIGURES 61–65 )

This is a paler species than most Glyptothrips , with a greyish yellow or light brown colour ( Fig. 61 View FIGURES 61–65 ), contrasting to the dark brown or golden yellow shades more commonly seen in the genus. The sternal pore plate of males is a narrow transverse band, a trait more commonly seen in North American Glyptothrips species. The only other Brazilian species with this type of pore plate is G. subcalvus , a much darker species with several morphological differences to G. silvaticus ( Table 2 View TABLE 2 ). It also bears thickened and capitate setae on all femora ( Fig. 63 View FIGURES 61–65 ) like G. fuscipes , but they are not as straight and elongate as in that mostly dark brown species.

Known wing forms: micropterous.

Specimens studied. Lectotype ♀; Brazil, Santa Catarina, Nova Teutônia , under fallen leaves, vi.1954 ( F. Plaumann), at NMNH.