taxonID	type	description	language	source
039D87A9FFE9FFA0FF6BFAECC3D9FEA1.taxon	description	Male macroptera: Body light brown and paler than the females, tergites VII and IX – X pale, VIII pale brown laterally (Fig. 2); fore wing brown in the middle and sub-apex, only four large, black vein setae present, the basal second vein setae pale (Fig. 11). Head with numerous small tubercles, transversely reticulate posterior to ocellar triangle; three pairs of stout ocellar setae present (Fig. 3), ocellar setae pair III arising within margin of ocellar triangle, pairs I and II shorter than pair III. Antennae 9 - segmented, III – IV each with a small, forked sense cone. Pronotum reticulate, posteromarginal setae pairs I, III and IV longitudinally ridged, much larger than pair II. Mesonotum without small tubercles in reticles, metanotum median setae arising in the middle. Abdominal tergite VIII with complete posteromarginal comb, tergite IX without stout setae (Fig. 7). Sternites without pore plates, VII with all 3 pairs of setae arising only slightly anterior to posterior margin (Fig. 6), in contrast to female (Fig. 5). Measurements (male): Body length 670. Head, length 40; width across eyes 120; ocellar setae III 34. Pronotum, length 60; width 150; posteromarginal setae III and IV 35. Fore wing length 510. Antennal segments I – IX length (width) 14 (20), 26 (23), 25 (15), 24 (15), 26 (14), 20 (11), 7 (5), 7 (5), 10 (3). Specimens studied. China, Hainan: Danzhou, Tropical Botanical Garden, 1 female from Maclura tricuspidata [Moraceae], 19. x. 2014 (Chao Zhao), in SCAU; Qionghai, Gaofuchang, 50 females and 20 males from Smilax sp., 16. xii. 2021 (Zhaohong Wang).	en	LI, SHENLEI, SONG, ZHENDONG, CHENG, FENGXIAN, MAO, RUNQIAN, WANG, ZHAOHONG (2022): First description of males of Ensiferothrips wallacei Mound & Tree (Thripidae: Dendrothripinae) with variation in fore wing setae. Zootaxa 5174 (4): 444-446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.4.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5174.4.7
