Prosopoanaphothrips reticulatus
Recognition data
Distinguishing features
Females without wings or ocelli. Body brown to dark brown, legs and antennal segments III � IV paler. Head, thorax, and at least anterior abdominal tergites strongly reticulate; with no long setae except on tergite IX. Antennae 8-segmented; segments III � IV with sensoria simple. Mesonotum, metanotum and abdominal segment I all strongly transverse. Abdominal tergites V � VII with median transverse row of about 10 setae; tergite VIII with no posteromarginal comb; tergite X with complete longitudinal division. Sternites with median transverse row of about 8 small discal setae.
Related and similar species
The genus Prosopoanaphothrips includes only a single species. In general appearance, this wingless thrips resembles some species in Anaphothrips, but in that genus no species have discal setae on the sternites.
Taxonomic data
Current valid name
Prosopoanaphothrips reticulatus (Moulton)
Original name and synonyms
Sericothrips reticulatus Moulton, 1907: 50
Family placement
Thripidae, Thripinae
Biological data
Life history
Breeding on leaves and in leaf axils (Bailey, 1948).
Host plants
Various Poaceae, particularly Bromus rigidus.
Tospoviruses vectored
None
Crop damage
Large populations can result in severe stunting damage to the leaves of its grass host plants (Bailey, 1948).
Distribution data
Area of origin
Western USA
Distribution
California