Species of Lissothrips and Williamsiella from mosses and lichens in Australia and New Zealand (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) Author Mound, Laurence A. Author Tree, Desley J. text Zootaxa 2015 3946 3 361 373 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.4 08f618a6-0089-4d90-a01b-18f23ac8b54a 1175-5326 240234 E701C847-5C86-47F1-8653-BA4C3E24A590 Lissothrips Hood Lissothrips Hood, 1908 : 365 . Type species L. muscorum Hood. Relationships of this genus were discussed by Mound (1989) and Mound and Marullo (1996) , who also provided notes on the variation in structural details between and within the 17 species that are currently listed worldwide (ThripsWiki 2015). Of these species 12 are known only from the Americas, mainly the Neotropics, one is from Fiji , one from Japan , and three from New Zealand . Detailed descriptions of the three New Zealand species were provided by Mound and Walker (1986) , and two of these three are here recorded from Australia together with six new species.