Neohydatothrips gracilipes

Body and legs mainly yellow, ocellar region weakly shaded. Pronotal blotch light brown, weakly sclerotized without a clear margin; posteroangular pair of setae on blotch well developed, about same length as blotch. Pronotum transversely striate, blotch with transverse row of setae on anterior margin. Mesonotum and metanotum with dense transverse or longitudinal striae; anterior margin of mesonotum and lateral margins of metanotum light brown. Metanotum with irregular linear sculpture, without markings between the main lines. Fore wing pale with faintly shaded area in basal third, clavus shaded; first vein setal row complete, second vein without distal setae. Antennae 8-segmented, segments I–II pale, III pale medially but shaded at base and apex, base of IV pale; segments III and IV with apex weakly constricted into neck; segment VII about half the length of VIII. Ocellar setae III situated behind front ocellus, inside ocellar triangle. Three pairs of postocular setae, median pair long and arising laterally. Sternites I–VII with complete posteromarginal comb, without discal setae; sternite VII medially with neither discal nor marginal microtrichia. Body with several long brown setae with fringed but not expanded apices, up to about 32 microns long on thorax and abdominal tergites I–IV.

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