Fulmekiola serrata ( Kobus, 1893 )

Mohammadi Noori, Hadis, Jafari, Shahriar & Mirabbalou, Majid, 2022, A newly recorded genus of the Thrips genus-group (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3), pp. 389-394 : 390-392

Fulmekiola serrata ( Kobus, 1893)

Thrips serrata Kobus, 1893:16 . Holotype ♀, — California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (CAS).

Diagnosis —Female: macroptera ( Fig. 1): Body brown including all femora, all tibiae and tarsi along with antennal segments III–V and base of VI yellow ( Fig. 2); fore wings light brown with pale base. Head longer than wide and projecting slightly in front of eyes; only 2 pairs of ocellar setae present, pair II longer than ocellar triangle ( Fig. 4), pair III outside the triangle; postocular setae small, with the second pair (No. II) back of the level of III, No. I often absent. Pronotum with two pairs of long posteroangular setae, posterior margin with 3 pairs of setae. Metanotum with converging lines of sculpture; campaniform sensilla present; median setae located behind anterior margin. Fore wing first vein with 7 basal and 3 distal setae ( Fig. 7), second vein with 10 to 12 setae. Abdominal tergites I–VIII with craspedum with long pointed teeth ( Fig. 5); abdominal sternites without discal setae, posteromarginal craspedum of pointed lobes ( Fig. 6).

Male: macroptera (not examined). Similar to female in structure but smaller; tergite IX with two pairs of subequal setae medially; sternites III–VII with transverse pore plate.

Specimens examined. Female macroptera. IRAN, Lorestan province, Seleseleh, Aleshtar , on an unknown grass ( Poaceae ), 16.vi.2020, leg. H. Mohammadi Noori.

Distribution. This Oriental species is widespread between India and The Philippines. It has been introduced and established in many other regions and has been recorded in Asia, Africa, North America and South America ( Ulitzka, 2022).