WINTER NUMBER 45 
A NEW THRIPS FROM CITRUS IN ALABAMA 
J. R. WATSON 
Haplothrips harnedi, n. sp. 
Female. Dark brown, 3rd antennal segment and distal half of tibiae 
yellowish brown. 
Measurements : Total length 1.86; head, length .18, width .13; prothorax, 
length .15, width .24; mesothorax, width .22; abdomen, width .27; tube, 
length .108, width at base .057, apex .033. 
Antennal segment_[i [2 [3 1@ [5 [e177 8 
Wenio twee eres 4 eS | 28 | 45 | 45 | 48 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 27 microns 
IWidlihny seven ee a eee! | 80 | 28_| 25 | 26 | 23.5] 21 | 17.5| 11 microns 
Head a third longer than wide; dorsal surface with a few faint cross 
striations; cheeks slightly convex, converging a little posteriorly. Post- 
ocular bristles nearly as long as the eyes, with dilated, colorless tips. Hyes 
medium sized, not protruding, not pilose, black, triangular in outline. 
Ocelli medium sized, widely separated, anterior situated far forward, post- 
erior pair opposite the anterior .4 of eyes and near their margins, bordered 
by dark crescents. Mouth cone broadly rounded, reaching scarcely to the 
middle of the prothorax. Antennae 1.6 times as long as head; segments 
1, 6, 7, and 8, concolorous with the head, 2 and 5 a little lighter, 4 consid- 
erably lighter, 3 brownish yellow to yellowish brown with colorless apex; 
sense cones colorless and inconspicuous, spines small, light brown. 
Length of prothorax a little greater than width of head, width (including 
coxae) 1.6 times the length. Prominent spines near the anterior angles, 
on coxae, and near the posterior angles; all with dilated tips. 
Pterothorax distinctly narrower than the prothorax, sides straight, con- 
verging posteriorly. Legs rather short, femora lighter than the body; fore 
pair slightly enlarged. Wings rather weak but membrane reaching the 
fifth segment. Fringing hairs sparse, about three interlocated ones on 
primaries. 
Abdomen variable in shape. In some individuals excessively long and 
slender, in others but little more than twice as long as wide. Bristles few; 
some of those on the last segment have dilated tips but the longest have 
acute tips. Tube rather small, sides rather abruptly dilated at the base; 
terminal bristles short. 
Male not seen. 
Described from nine females collected on citrus trees in south- 
ern Mississippi and sent to the author by Prof. R. W. Harned. 
Type in the author’s collection. Paratype in the National 
Museum. 
Close to H. funki Watson, but differing in the darker color 
of the tibiae, tarsi, and third antennal segment, smaller size, 
relative lengths of antennal segments and especially the narrow 
pterothorax. 
