Identification and host-plant associations of Australian Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae)
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
Author
Tree, And Desley J.
text
Zootaxa
2009
1983
1
22
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185353
37564c83-4c78-4d07-86aa-2fc42b24be1f
1175-5326
185353
Key to genera of
Sericothripinae
1. Usually micropterous, females rarely macropterous; metanotum with transverse rows of coarse microtrichia on posterior third (
Fig. 77
); abdominal tergites fully covered medially and laterally with dense rows of microtrichia, major setae arising submarginally (
Fig. 78
); tergal posterior margins with complete microtrichial comb
.........
Sericothrips
-. Always fully winged; metanotum without transverse rows of microtrichia, sculpture longitudinal (
Fig. 3
); rows of discal microtrichia present only on lateral thirds of abdominal tergites (
Fig. 5
); tergal marginal comb either present or absent medially (
Figs 5
,
10
,
72
) .............................................................................................................................. 2
2. Metasternal anterior border with deeply U-shaped emargination, usually more than half as deep as length of this sclerite (
Figs 6
,
18
)
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Hydatothrips
-. Metasternal anterior border transverse, or with shallow emargination (
Figs 39, 43
,
49
,
71
)
..............
Neohydatothrips