Heterothrips peixotoa Del-Claro, Marullo & Mound 1997

Heterothrips peixotoa Del-Claro, Marullo & Mound, 1997 This species is unusual in having largely pale fore wings (Fig. 58), with a small but distinctive brown area at the extreme apex (Fig. 55). The head lacks ocellar setae pair I (Fig. 56) and the abdominal tergites are covered with fine microtrichia laterally and bear a fringe of independent long microtrichia posteriorly. The males have large transverse pore plates on abdominal sternites VII���VIII. This species is found commonly on several Malpighiaceae species, and is widespread in the Brazilian savannah. Material examined. Paratype female, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Uberl��ndia, 14.vii. 1995, on Peixotoa tomentosa flowers (K. Del-Claro); Bahia, Ibicoara, iv. 2002, 8 females, 11 males on ���native plants��� (O. Feiler); S��o Paulo, Mogi-Gua��u, 25.ix. 2007, 1 female, 1 male on Peixotoa flowers (A. Cavalleri); 2 females with similar data but 14.v. 2010; Mogi-Gua��u, 1.vi. 2010, 1 female on Banisteriopsis flowers; same locality, 22.ix. 2007, 1 female on Cochlospermum regium flowers; same locality, 30.ix. 2011, 5 females on Diplopterys pubipetala flower.
Published as part of Pereyra, Veronica & Cavalleri, Adriano, 2012, The genus Heterothrips (Thysanoptera) in Brazil, with an identification key and seven new species, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 3237 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280411
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