Liothrips pallipes Karny (Figs 60–65) Liothrips pallipes Karny, 1913: 110. Gynaikothrips kuwanai Moulton, 1928b: 308; Mound, 2020: 389. Liothrips reynvaanae Priesner, 1968: 203; Mound, 2020: 389. Female macroptera. Body length 2.8–3.1 mm. Color brown, antennal segments I and II dark brown, same colour as head, III–VI yellow, VII and VIII greyish brown; all femora brown, tibiae and tarsi yellow; fore wings pale brown with a darker stripe; major body setae hyaline. Head 1.4 times as long as wide (Fig. 60); po setae situated near middle of dorsum, almost pointed and longer than eyes; maxillary stylets retracted into posterior third of head, widely separated; antennal segments III and IV same length, 1.6 times length of segment II (Fig. 65). Pronotum with 5 pairs of strong setae (Fig. 61), blunt or weakly expanded, aa setae shorter than or equal to am setae; mesopresternum boat-shaped, with irregular median protrusion (Fig. 62); metanotal sculpture dense and longitudinal. Pelta triangular (Fig. 63); tergite II laterally with 4–5 accessary setae (Fig. 64); tube shorter than head. Specimens examined. Taiwan, Taihoku (Taipei), paratype female from Smilax, 31.x.1926 (Moulton 2214); Shulin (Taipei), 4 females, 2 males from Smilax sp., 17.xi.1930 (coll. Takahashi); Kendin (Pingtung), 3 females from Albizia julibrissin, 13.i.1993. Comments. The yellow colour of all the tibiae contrasting with the brown colour of all the femora make this species easy to recognise.

Published as part of Wang, Chin-Ling & Lin, Feng-Chyi, 2020, Genera and species of the Liothrips lineage (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) from Taiwan, pp. 349-375 in Zootaxa 4861 (3) on pages 363-364, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4416377