New records and four new species of Australian Thripidae (Thysanoptera) emphasise faunal relationships between northern Australia and Asia Author Mound, Laurence A. Author Tree, Desley J. text Zootaxa 2011 2764 35 48 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.276839 b8d76eaa-50a4-4af1-8eab-5a13f02705bb 1175-5326 276839 Key to Rhamphothrips species from Australia 1. Female sternum VII setae S1 and S2 very small, shorter than distance between their bases ( Fig. 30 ); female fore tibia with ventral apical margin bearing two small tubercles each with one seta; metanotum closely but irregularly striate ( Fig. 29 ); male fore coxae with hook-like tubercle posteromedially ( Figs 27, 28 ); male terga II–VIII with toothed craspedum complete across posterior margin ( Fig. 23 ), IX with median setal pair far apart and each arising on a small tubercle ( Fig. 23 )....... tenuirostris -. Female sternum VII setae S1 and S2 longer than distance between their bases ( Fig. 18 ); female fore tibia without ventral apical tubercles; metanotum with irregular longitudinal reticulation ( Fig. 25 ); male fore coxae without hook-like tubercle; male tergum IX median setae different ( Figs 21, 22 )............................................................... 2 2. Male with craspedum toothed laterally only on tergum VII ( Fig. 22 ); male tergum IX median setae arising well separated from each other ( Fig. 22 ); female with antennal segments IV–V largely pale with apex shaded, VI brown with base variably paler............................................................................................... pandens -. Male with craspedum toothed laterally on additional terga; male tergum IX median setae arising close together on one or a pair of small tubercles; female with antennal segment V light brown or dark brown................................... 3 3. Females with antennal segments V–VIII almost uniformly dark brown, I–IV sharply paler than V; male terga III–VIII with craspedum prominently toothed laterally ( Fig. 17 ); ovipositor less than 240 microns long......................... amyae -. Females with antennal segments I–III pale, IV shaded in apical third, V–VIII light brown; male with craspedum toothed laterally only on terga VI–VII ( Fig. 21 ); ovipositor often 270 microns long........................................ cissus