Morphological identification of Glyptothrips species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) Author Lindner, Mariana Flores Corresponding Author. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Author Ferrari, Augusto Universidade Federal de Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil Author Lima, Élison Fabrício Bezerra 0000-0002-6361-0928 Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Amílcar Ferreira Sobral, Coleção de História Natural da UFPI, Floriano, PI, Brazil. 64808 - 605 efblima @ ufpi. edu. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6361 - 0928 efblima@ufpi.edu.br Author Cavalleri, Adriano Universidade Federal de Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-21 5375 1 31 57 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5375.1.2/52312 journal article 278924 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.1.2 ae07efdf-c610-4bf0-a578-add6225185a0 1175-5326 10170724 2B77503D-20D9-45AD-92BB-8935AFB44C5F

TABLE 2. Diagnostic characters for Glyptothrips species.

	Head, dorsal length x width ratio¹	PO length x eye dorsal length ratio¹	Antennal segments, sense cone formula	Antennal segments VII–VIII, junction	Pterothoracic ventrolateral setae	Legs, presence of thick and elongated capitate setae	Abdominal tergite IX, tip of dorsal posterior setae	Abdominal sternite VIII in males, pore plate appearance	Tube length x head dorsal length ratio ¹
G. arkansanus	1.14–1.24	0.77–0.83	III: 3 IV: 4	Partially fused, with visible suture	Acute, indistinct from other meso- metanotal ventral setae	Absent	S1: Dilated S2: Acute to blunt	Narrow transverse plate medially	0.87–1.07
G. bucca	1.23–1.27	0.91–1.19	III: 3 IV: 3	Fully distinct	Acute, indistinct from other meso- metanotal ventral setae	Absent	S1: Dilated: S2: Acute to blunt	Circular pore plate medially	0.67
G. claviger	1.08–1.33	0.42–0.71	III: 3 IV: 4	Fully distinct	Thickened and with dilated tip	Present in all femora	S1: Dilated S2: Dilated	Large, covering most of sternite	0.76–0.80
G. divergens	1.44–1.46	~0.22	III: 3 IV: 4	Fully distinct	Thickened and with dilated tip	Absent	S1: Dilated S2: Acute to blunt	Elliptical pore plate medially	1.23
G. flavescens	1.14–1.32	0.64–0.80	III: 2 or 3 IV: 2 or 3	Fully fused, usually without a suture	Acute, indistinct from other meso- metanotal ventral setae	Absent	S1: Blunt to dilated S2: Acute to blunt	Narrow transverse plate medially	1.04–1.23
G. floridensis	~1.05 (estimated from the figure in Stannard 1955)	~0.5	III:? IV:?	Fully distinct	Thickened and with dilated tip	Present at least on fore femora	S1: Dilated S2: Dilated	Narrow transverse plate subbasally	~0.92
G. fuscipes	1.27–1.38	0.70–0.88	III: 3 IV: 4	Fully distinct	Thickened and with dilated tip	Present on all femora and fore tibiae	S1: Dilated S2: Acute to blunt	Large, covering most of sternite	0.89
G. hylaeus	1.27–1.3	~0.34	III: 3 IV: 4	Fully distinct	Thickened and with dilated tip	Absent	S1: Dilated S2: Variable, from acute to dilated	Large, covering most of sternite	0.81
G. interior	~1.04	~0.89	III: 2 IV: 2	Fully distinct	Thickened and with dilated tip	?	S1: Dilated S2:?	Narrow transverse plate subbasally	~0.64
G. longiceps	1.5–1.56	0.18–0.27	III: 3 IV: 4	Fully distinct	Thickened and with dilated tip	Present on fore femora of some specimens	S1: Dilated S2: Acute to blunt	Large, covering most of sternite	0.63–0.68
G. reticulatus	1.06–1.27	~0.35 (estimated from original description)	III: 1 IV: 2	Fully distinct	Acute, indistinct from other meso- metanotal ventral setae	Present on fore femora of some specimens	S1: Blunt S2: Acute to blunt	Narrow transverse plate subbasally	0.65–0.76
G. saltuarius	1.51–1.52	0.32–0.39	III: 3 IV: 4	Fully distinct	Thickened and with dilated tip	Absent	S1: Dilated S2: Dilated	Large, covering most of sternite	0.81–0.84
G. silvaticus	1.28–1.31	~0.83	III: 3 IV: 4	Fully distinct	Thickened and with dilated tip	All femora	S1: Dilated S2: Acute to blunt	Narrow transverse plate medially	0.86–0.88
G. subcalvus	1.06–1.15	0.37–0.42	III: 2 IV: 2	Fully distinct	Thickened and with dilated tip	Present on fore femora of some specimens	S1: Dilated S2: Dilated	Narrow transverse plate medially; anterior margin is concave, and in some specimens the pore plate is almost U-shaped	0.57–0.68