Drepanothrips reuteri

Body generally yellow to brownish yellow, head brown within ocellar triangle, pronotum pale brown medially, mesonotum and metascutum shaded, abdominal terga III to VIII pale brown in median half. Head 2.1 times as wide as long, distinctly sculptured throughout. Two pairs of long postocular setae almost as long as ocellar setae III present between compound eyes. Antennal segments I to II yellow, III to VI dark brown; segment VI the longest, widest near base and tapering forward apex. Pronotum 1.6 times as wide as long, with about 20 discal setae. Fore wings with 27 setae on costal vein, six basal and three distal setae on first vein. Abdominal terga II to VII with posteromarginal microtrichia lateral to B2 setae; tergum VIII with B1 setae slightly longer than distance between their bases, without microtrichia at middle; sterna II to VII with discal microtrichial rows lateral to B2 setae. Ovipositor 1.6 times as long as pronotal median length.

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