Xylaplothrips togashii Okajima

Okajima, Shûji & Masumoto, Masami, 2025, Review of the ‘ Xylaplothrips-complex’ (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from East Asia, Zootaxa 5608 (1), pp. 1-108 : 90-91

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5608.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15214737
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scientific name	Xylaplothrips togashii Okajima
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Xylaplothrips togashii Okajima View in CoL

Xylaplothrips togashii Okajima, 2006: 603–605 View in CoL .

This species was described in Honshu, Japan, based on nine females taken from one of common bamboo species, Phyllostachys heterocycle , and it was found once together with Mesandrothrips ichikaianus sp. nov. described above. It has a well-developed apical tooth on the fore tarsus, and may be related to X. fuliginosus View in CoL . The males have not been found so far.

Specimens examined. Japan (Honshu), the type series (see Okajima 2006); 31 females, Tochigi, Ichikai-machi, Sugiyama, on Phyllostachys heterocycle ( Poaceae ), 17.v.2023, SO (these females were collected together with M. ichikaianus ).