Australian thrips of the Haplothrips lineage (Insecta: Thysanoptera) Author Mound, Laurence A. Author Minaei, Kambiz text Journal of Natural History 2007 2007-12-31 41 45 - 48 2919 2978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701783219 journal article 10.1080/00222930701783219 1464-5262 5233658 Karnyothrips melaleucus (Bagnall) Hindsiana melaleuca Bagnall 1911 , p 61 . Although described from a greenhouse in Denmark , this species has been seen from many tropical localities around the world ( Mound and Marullo 1996 ). In Australia it has been studied from Lord Howe Island, northern Queensland , and Darwin in association with grasses. It is a striking species, with the head and thorax brown, also abdominal segments IX and X, but with the rest of the abdomen and the mid and hind legs yellow. The maxillary stylets are closer together than in any other described species in the genus.