中国梳蓟马属一新种记述(缨翅目:蓟马科)

A New Species of the Genus Ctenothrips (Thysanoptera:Thripidae) from China

记述中国蓟马亚科1新种:太白山梳蓟马 Ctenothrips taibaishanensis, sp. nov., 模式标本保存在西北农林科技大学昆虫博物馆。

A new species of the genus Ctenothrips Franklin, Ctenothrips taibaishanensis sp.nov. from Shananxi of China is described and illustrated. All the type specimens are deposited in the Entomological Museum of Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture & Forestry. Ctenothrips taibaishanensis, sp. nov. (Fig.1) This new species can be easily distinguished from C.distinctus by the following characters. The new species posterior seta with two pairs of the pronotum. Spinula is absent on meso-poster sternum. But the latter: 1) 3 pairs of posteromarginal bristles of the sternites are all on the posterior margin. 2) Spinula is present on mesosternum. 3) The scales are pale. It is also similar to C. kwunzanensis Takahashi, but C. kwunzanensis: 1) Antennal segment Ⅲ is dark. 2) Interocellar setae are very long. 3) Posterior seta with three pairs of the pronotum. Holotype: ♀, Paratype: 1♀1♂, Shaanxi, 15-Ⅶ-2002, collected on grass by Zhang Guiling from Taibai Mountain.