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Apelaunothrips zonatus Okajima & Reyes

Description

Apelaunothrips zonatus Okajima & Reyes

(Figs 13, 15)

Described from 11 females and three males taken in the region of Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, the specimens listed below from Mt Mulu in northern Sarawak are here identified from the original description. This species has a particularly elongate head, and both the head and metanotum (Fig. 13) bear a large number of setae. The male fore femur has a large, recurved tubercle at the base on the inner margin (Fig. 15).

Specimens studied. Malaysia, Sarawak, Mulu National Park, 2 females, 1 male in lowland rainforest leaflitter, 18.ix.–18.x.1977 (B.Bolton) (in The Natural History Museum, London).

Notes

Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., 2013, Species diversity in the Palaeotropical leaf-litter genus Apelaunothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), pp. 181-193 in Zootaxa 3741 (1) on page 193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3741.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/219275

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Biodiversity

Family
Phlaeothripidae
Genus
Apelaunothrips
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Thysanoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Okajima & Reyes
Species
zonatus
Taxon rank
species