Genera of the leaf-feeding Dendrothripinae of the world (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), with new species from Australia and Sulawesi, Indonesia
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
Author
Tree, Desley J.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4109
5
569
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journal article
39092
10.11646/zootaxa.4109.5.5
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1175-5326
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Dendrothrips victoriae
sp.n.
Female macroptera
: Head, body and legs largely brown, but pronotum and mesonotum sharply pale, also tarsi and posterolateral areas of tergites II–VII; antennal segment II dark brown, segments I and III–IX uniformly light brown; fore wing uniformly lightly shaded except for anterior two-thirds at base, clavus pale with apex brown.
Head with irregular sculpture lines (
Fig. 18
), ocellar setae III minute on anterolateral margins of triangle. Antennae 9-segmented (
Fig. 16
); suture on VI not fully complete, sense cone arising on basal third of segment; sense cones on III and IV unusually small and slender. Pronotum with irregular transverse reticles of which the marginal ridges are flattened (
Fig. 18
), with no markings within the reticles. Metanotal reticulation longitudinal, median setae minute (
Fig. 19
). Fore wing typical of genus, major setae no longer than microtrichia, anteromarginal cilia arising ventrally well behind margin. Tergites III–VII posterolaterally with short longitudinal sculpture lines (
Fig. 17
), VIII with short marginal comb, IX with many discal microtrichia on posterior third.
Measurements
(
holotype
female in microns). Body length 1250. Head, length 85; width across eyes 160. Pronotum, length 95; width 200. Fore wing length 850. Antennal segments III–IX length 33, 30, 30, 30, 7, 7, 12.
Material studied
.
Holotype
female,
Australia
, Victoria
, near Bendigo, from
Daviesia
sp. [
Fabaceae
],
i.2014
(Renae Forbes), in
ANIC
.
Comments
. The sculpture of the pronotum is similar to that of
notelaea
and
diaspora
, suggesting that these represent an Australian radiation within this genus, which is possibly in association with species of
Oleaceae
. This species is distinctive for the weak sculpture on the head and the almost uniformly light brown antennae and fore wing.