Species not studied on the current work. Body bicoloured, with head, thorax and abdominal segments IV–X dark brown, anterior segments of abdomen yellow, fore wings pale but with base and extreme apex brown. Head larger than long. Pronotum with striate sculpture, markings between striations present, pronotal setae dark. Metathoracic endofurca lyre-shaped. Hind tarsi long. Abdominal segment VIII with a complete comb of microtrichia.
Male not studied.
Intraspecific variation
Not recorded.
Genus and similar species information
The genus Pseudodendrothrips includes 20 described species, but the significance of some of the species in which the body colour is mainly yellow remains conjectural. This genus is commonly used for species with the hind tarsi exceptionally long but it is not satisfactorily distinguished from the Neotropical Leucothrips and Halmathrips. The species in all of these genera have a characteristic 'lyre-shaped' metathoracic endofurca and possibly represent a single clade. Pseudodendrothrips alboniger is differentiated from the other neotropical species of the genus by the markedly bicoloured body.
Breeding on leaves, being collected from Terminalia sp., among other species.
Economic importance
Not recorded.
References suggested
Mound LA & Tree DJ (2016) Genera of the leaf-feeding Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), with new species from Australia and Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4109 (5):569–582.
Published in: 30/12/2016 Posted by: Mariana Lindner
