Australian Thripinae of the Anaphothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera), with three new genera and thirty-three new species
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
Author
Masumoto, Masami
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-03-16
2042
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2042.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2042.1.1
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Dodonaeathrips eremiae
sp. n.
(
Figs 172–179
)
Female macroptera
. Body brownish yellow to light brown, tergite IX darkest, head with dark post-occipital ridge; legs yellowish brown, tarsi yellow; antennal segment I white, II–VIII light brown; fore wings uniformly but weakly shaded. Head usually without sculpture except on posterior third; ocellar setae short and blunt, pair I close to fore ocellus. Pronotum almost without sculpture, all setae short and blunt. Metascutum reticulate. Fore wing relatively broad; first vein with about 7 setae on basal half, 2 setae distally; second vein with 7–10 setae. Tergites with lateral setae blunt (
Fig. 179
); tergite X with dorsal split short. Sternite II with 2 pairs of marginal setae but apparently no setae near anterior margin; posterior sternites with short weak microtrichia on transverse lines of sculpture.
Measurements
(
holotype
, in microns). Body length 1100. Head, length 70; width across eyes 135. Pronotum, length 85; maximum width 160. Fore wing, length 640; median width 60; first vein longest seta in basal row 10. Tergite IV S1 setae 7. Tergite IX, MD setae 15; PM S1 setae 55. Tergite X PM S1 setae 45. Antennal segments III–VIII, 32, 30, 35, 37, 10, 15.
Male macroptera
. Similar to female; sternite III pore plate thick-walled, internal markings scarcely visible (
Figs 174, 175
); tergite IX without campaniform sensilla, dorsal setae slender.
Specimens examined
.
Holotype
female macroptera.
New South Wales
,
80km
east of Wilcannia, from
Dodonaea
?
viscosa
leaves,
1.vi.2003
(LAM 4317).
Paratypes
:
5 females
1 male
taken with a larva and the
holotype
;
New South Wales
,
5km
east of Cobar,
10 females
from
Dodonaea
?
viscosa
leaves,
31.v.2003
; Mutawintji,
8 females
from
Dodonaea
?
viscosa
leaves,
2.vi.2003
; Mutawintji,
1 female
from
Acacia aneura
,
27.xi.1998
.
Queensland
, Windorah,
1 female
from
Dodonaea
?
viscosa
leaves,
13.iv.2005
.
South Australia
,
82km
north of Maree,
3 females
1 male
from
Acacia stenophylla
,
8.iv.1998
; Renmark,
6 females
swept,
14.ii.2000
.
Comments.
Although found on
Dodonaea
(Sapindaceae)
widely across the semi-desert areas of eastern
Australia
, in more moist areas this thrips is replaced on this host plant by
Scirtothrips albomaculatus
Bianchi
(
Hoddle & Mound, 2003
).