Fungus-feeding Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae of the Idiothrips genus-group in Australia, with nine new species
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
Author
Tree, Desley J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4034
2
325
341
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.5
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1175-5326
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Azaleothrips moundi
Okajima
Azaleothrips moundi
Okajima, 1976
: 19
;
Okajima & Masumoto, 2014
: 332
.
The two males listed below are identified as this species with some hesitation. They are both hemimacropterous, with wings 200 microns long and almost as long as the pterothorax width, also the pelta is bell-shaped and thus more typical of macropterae. In contrast, the micropterae of
moundi
from its previously known distribution in southern
Japan
and
Taiwan
have wings that are 100 microns long and the pelta broadly oval. There are slight differences in the body sculpture between the two specimens from
Australia
and those from Asia, but the observed wing morph differences suggest that it is not sensible to describe these two males as a distinct species. Among the 37 species of
Azaleothrips
now known, only
moundi
and
perniger
have only two sense cones on both antennal segments III and IV, and segments VII and VIII are particularly closely joined.
Material studied
.
Australia
, Queensland, Redlynch, Crystal Creek,
2 males
from
Macaranga
lvs,
5.xi.2008
(LAM5191).