TABLE 2 in Morphological identification of Glyptothrips species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)

TABLE 2. Diagnostic characters for Glyptothrips species.
Head, dorsal length x width ratio¹PO length x eye dorsal length ratio¹Antennal segments, sense cone formulaAntennal segments VII–VIII, junctionPterothoracic ventrolateral setaeLegs, presence of thick and elongated capitate setaeAbdominal tergite IX, tip of dorsal posterior setaeAbdominal sternite VIII in males, pore plate appearanceTube length x head dorsal length ratio ¹G. arkansanus1.14–1.240.77–0.83III: 3 IV: 4Partially fused, with visible sutureAcute, indistinct from other meso- metanotal ventral setaeAbsentS1: Dilated S2: Acute to bluntNarrow transverse plate medially0.87–1.07G. bucca1.23–1.270.91–1.19III: 3 IV: 3Fully distinctAcute, indistinct from other meso- metanotal ventral setaeAbsentS1: Dilated: S2: Acute to bluntCircular pore plate medially0.67G. claviger1.08–1.330.42–0.71III: 3 IV: 4Fully distinctThickened and with dilated tipPresent in all femoraS1: Dilated S2: DilatedLarge, covering most of sternite0.76–0.80G. divergens1.44–1.46~0.22III: 3 IV: 4Fully distinctThickened and with dilated tipAbsentS1: Dilated S2: Acute to bluntElliptical pore plate medially1.23G. flavescens1.14–1.320.64–0.80III: 2 or 3 IV: 2 or 3Fully fused, usually without a sutureAcute, indistinct from other meso- metanotal ventral setaeAbsentS1: Blunt to dilated S2: Acute to bluntNarrow transverse plate medially1.04–1.23G. floridensis~1.05 (estimated from the figure in Stannard 1955)~0.5III:? IV:?Fully distinctThickened and with dilated tipPresent at least on fore femoraS1: Dilated S2: DilatedNarrow transverse plate subbasally~0.92G. fuscipes1.27–1.380.70–0.88III: 3 IV: 4Fully distinctThickened and with dilated tipPresent on all femora and fore tibiaeS1: Dilated S2: Acute to bluntLarge, covering most of sternite0.89G. hylaeus1.27–1.3~0.34III: 3 IV: 4Fully distinctThickened and with dilated tipAbsentS1: Dilated S2: Variable, from acute to dilatedLarge, covering most of sternite0.81G. interior~1.04~0.89III: 2 IV: 2Fully distinctThickened and with dilated tip?S1: Dilated S2:?Narrow transverse plate subbasally~0.64G. longiceps1.5–1.560.18–0.27III: 3 IV: 4Fully distinctThickened and with dilated tipPresent on fore femora of some specimensS1: Dilated S2: Acute to bluntLarge, covering most of sternite0.63–0.68G. reticulatus1.06–1.27~0.35 (estimated from original description)III: 1 IV: 2Fully distinctAcute, indistinct from other meso- metanotal ventral setaePresent on fore femora of some specimensS1: Blunt S2: Acute to bluntNarrow transverse plate subbasally0.65–0.76G. saltuarius1.51–1.520.32–0.39III: 3 IV: 4Fully distinctThickened and with dilated tipAbsentS1: Dilated S2: DilatedLarge, covering most of sternite0.81–0.84G. silvaticus1.28–1.31~0.83III: 3 IV: 4Fully distinctThickened and with dilated tipAll femoraS1: Dilated S2: Acute to bluntNarrow transverse plate medially0.86–0.88G. subcalvus1.06–1.150.37–0.42III: 2 IV: 2Fully distinctThickened and with dilated tipPresent on fore femora of some specimensS1: Dilated S2: DilatedNarrow transverse plate medially; anterior margin is concave, and in some specimens the pore plate is almost U-shaped0.57–0.68