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Karnyothrips cyathomorphus Wang, Mirab-balou & Tong 2013

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Female apterous (Figs 1). Body color brown; head dorsum, pronotum, mesonotum anterior margin, and tube brown, abdominal each tergite anterior margin in middle a little brown the others yellow. Antenna brown, but segment III somewhat paler. All femur brown, tibia and tarsus yellow, fore tibia outer margin a lot darker. Head: dorsum (Figs 3) about 1.4 times as long as broad and little projecting in front of eyes, dorsal surface smooth in the middle and between the eyes, only transverse line sculpture at basal and two sides area; postocular setae distinctly shorter than eye length, apex expanded; cheeks margins subparallel, gradually broader and not constricted behind eyes; eyes round, about 0.3 times as long as head length; ocelli small and posterior far away separated; antennae eight-segmented (Fig. 8) about 1.7 times as long as head length, smooth on surface of each segment; segment III short and constricted at base with a pronounced ring-like swelling; segments III−IV with 2 and 4 sense cones respectively; segment VII elongate and shorter than segment IV, segments VII and VIII broadly joined; maxillary stylets long and extended into base of postocular setae, gradually nearer in the middle, maxillary bridge present. Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 2) at middle 0.8 time as long as head length, surface smooth, with median longitudinal line; notopleural sutures complete; anteromarginal setae reduced; anteroangulars, midlaterals, posteroangulars and epimeral setae developed, apex expanded; basantra and ferna developed (Fig. 4); all femur enlarged, fore tarsus without tooth. Abdomen: Pelta (Fig. 5) semicircle-shaped and sculptured anteriorly, smooth medially and posteriorly, without lateral lobes, a pair of campaniform sensilla present; tergites II−VII each with two pairs of developed wing-retaining setae; S1 setae on tergite IX (Fig. 6) shorter than tube length, apex expanded, S2 setae longer than tube, apex sharp; tube almost 0.6 times as long as head length, 1.6 times of tube width; anal setae long and about 1.5 times as long as tube length.
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Jun Wang, Majid Mirab-balou, Xiao-li Tong
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Wang J, Mirab-balou M, Tong X (2013) A new species of the genus Karnyothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from China ZooKeys 346: 17–21
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Jun Wang
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Majid Mirab-balou
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Xiao-li Tong
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China (Guangdong).
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Jun Wang, Majid Mirab-balou, Xiao-li Tong
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Wang J, Mirab-balou M, Tong X (2013) A new species of the genus Karnyothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from China ZooKeys 346: 17–21
author
Jun Wang
author
Majid Mirab-balou
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Xiao-li Tong
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