Azaleothrips moundi Okajima, 1976

Fig. 11

Azaleothrips moundi Okajima, 1976: 19.

Specimens studied.

China - Taiwan • 2♀ (TARI, female holotype and paratype of ' Azaleothrips magnus '); Taipei, Hsien; on dead twigs of Morus australis; 12.viii.1978; Liansheng Chen leg. Sichuan • 1♀ (SNUT); Chengdu; on dead leaves; 14.viii.2021; Xin Li leg. Shanxi • 1♂ (SNUT); Jincheng, Mishui; 16.vi.2022; Yuxin Gao leg.

Comments.

This species, one of the two species from China that belong to the Azaleothrips moundi species group, was described from Japan and Taiwan on dead twigs. It is unique in Azaleothrips because antennal segments III-IV both have two major sense cones (Fig. 11). The holotype female and paratype male of A. magnus Chen, 1980, which was synonymized with A. moundi by Okajima and Masumoto (2014), were here studied, but both specimens had crack inside the balsam that seems to have allowed entry of air under the cover slip. These specimens have the third antennal segment III clear yellow, as in the original description of A. moundi. Two micropterous female and male from Sichuan and Shanxi recognized here as A. moundi have antennal segment III shaded on apical half. This was also noted for A. Lepidus, as mentioned above.