Holopothrips pennatus Moulton

Lindner, Mariana F., Ferrari, Augusto, Mound, Laurence A. & Cavalleri, Adriano, 2018, Holopothrips diversity-a Neotropical genus of gall-inducing insects (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4494 (1), pp. 1-99 : 74

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4494.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981390
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scientific name	Holopothrips pennatus Moulton
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Holopothrips pennatus Moulton View in CoL

( Fig. 211 View FIGURES 204–211 )

Holopothrips pennatus Moulton, 1938: 379 View in CoL .

Holopothrips arachnionis Hood, 1955: 139 .

Diagnostic features. Body (except antenna) uniformly brown, with all legs fully yellow, clavus and basal area of fore wings shaded brown; maxillary stylets probably parallel; one pair of long setae on epimeral region; metanotal sculpture formed by equiangular reticulation without internal markings; female spermatheca enlarged medially.

Comments. This species, described from Southeastern Brazil from an unidentified Apocynaceae , is unique for its combination of uniformly brown body and legs clear yellow ( Fig. 211 View FIGURES 204–211 ), while the other brown Holopothrips species have at least the femora brown. It shares with H. ananasi , H. claritibialis , H. hambletoni , H. punctatus sp. n., H. tillandsiae and a few bicoloured species the metanotal sculpture formed by equiangular reticles, but is easily distinguished from all of them by the unusual leg colouration.

Material studied. 1 female paratype; Brazil, Minas Gerais, on woody Apocynaceae , 1.v.1933 ( Hambleton, E.J.), at BMNH. Slide with code “No. 5227”.