Three new synonyms among Australian Thripinae (Insecta: Thysanoptera) Author Mound, Laurence A. text Zootaxa 2012 2012-02-28 3209 1 67 68 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3209.1.4 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3209.1.4 1175-5326 5248294 Aliceathrips australiensis (Girault) Limothrips australiensis Girault, 1928: 3 Physothrips silvae Girault, 1928: 3 . Syn. n. Pezothrips aureus Girault, 1929b: 2 Limothrips formosus Girault, 1929b: 2 Aliceathrips australiensis (Girault) ; Mound, 2011: 10 The four species listed above were each based on single damaged specimens. The condition of silvae is so poor that it has been listed as incertae sedis ( Mound 1996 ), there being insufficient of the specimen remaining to decide even the sex. Since Girault stated that this specimen was collected with the type specimen of australiensis , and as there is nothing in the original brief descriptions to distinguish one from the other, it is here concluded that they represent the same grassliving species ( Mound 2011 ).