Body mainly yellow, brown on ocellar area, pronotal blotch, metanotum laterally, and antecostal ridges and anterolaterally on abdominal tergites II–VII; fore wing yellowish brown; antennal segments weakly bicoloured but VI–VIII brown. Head with occipital apodeme not touching posterior margin of eyes; ocellar area reticulate, ocellar setae pair III on external margins of ocellar triangle. Pronotum broadly reticulate, pronotal blotch well-defined from paler anterior third of pronotum, blotch reticules with weak internal markings; mesonotum reticulate with median setae far ahead of lateral setae; metanotum reticulate with two pairs of setae on anterior margin; metasternal plate with anterior margin deeply emarginated. Fore wing second vein with no setae. Tergites I–VIII with closely spaced rows of fine microtrichia on lateral thirds, posterior margin of tergites II–V with comb of microtrichia incomplete medially, VI with minute microtrichia medially, comb complete on VII–VIII; tergite IX with 4 pairs of mid-dorsal setae. Sternites with discal microtrichia not extending mesad of setae S2.
Male unknown.
Intraspecific variation
Not recorded.
Genus and similar species information
About 40 species are included in Hydatothrips, most of them bicoloured and with banded fore wings. This group is closely related to Neohydatothrips and can be distinguished by the presence of a deeply V-shaped apodeme on metasternum. Hydatothrips canavaliae is unique in having the pronotum with prominent equiangular reticulation. A key to Hydatothrips species from Neotropics is provided by Lima & Mound (2016).
