Aptinothrips rufus
Both sexes without wings. Body and legs yellow, antennal segment VI shaded brown. Antennae 6-segmented; segment VI pedicilate, twice as long as V and tapering to apex; segments III–IV with sensorium simple. Head and pronotum without long setae; head longer than wide, ocelli not developed. Tarsi each with only one segment. Tergite IX posteromedian setae short, about 0.2 times as long as lateral pair of setae.
Requires microscopic examination of key features.
Grassland and pasture.
To folllow.
Often abundant in grassland and pasture.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known, but possibly under recorded.
AJ Cann
Ingarsby Hollow
17 November 2020
AJ Cann
Ingarsby Hollow
17 November 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Thrips
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Thysanoptera
- Family:
- Thripidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 17/11/2020 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 17/11/2020 (Cann, Alan)
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