Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
text
Zootaxa
2011
3064
1
40
journal article
46148
10.5281/zenodo.200567
dbb812a3-60dd-4f6f-bb48-9e2ce120221a
1175-5326
200567
Key to
Thripidae
genera with species dependent on
Poaceae
in
Australia
1. Female with sternite VII posteromarginal setal pairs S1 & S2 arising closer to each other than to setal pair S3 (
Fig. 40
)..... 2
-. Sternite VII pairs of posteromarginal setae arising equidistant from each other (
Figs 10
,
36
).......................... 3
2. Prosternum with no setae; prosternal ferna complete medially; ocellar setae pair III arising within triangle (
Fig. 38
).
Exothrips
-. Prosternum with 2 or more setae, prosternal ferna divided medially (
Fig. 44
); ocellar setae pair III arising outside triangle (
Fig. 39
).......................................................................................
Parexothrips
3. Pronotum with no long setae at posterior angles............................................................. 4
-. Pronotum with at least one pair of prominent posteroangular setae............................................. 15
4. Wings absent, or reduced to lobes no longer than width of thorax................................................ 5
-. Wings fully developed................................................................................. 10
5. Prosternum with one or more pairs of setae (
Fig. 45
).................................................
Caprithrips
-. Prosternum without any setae........................................................................... 6
6. Abdominal sternites with transverse row of discal setae (cf
Fig. 10
).............................................. 7
-. Abdominal sternites with no discal setae (cf
Fig. 36
).......................................................... 8
7. Antennae 6-segmented; tarsi 1-segmented.........................................................
Aptinothrips
-. Antennae 8-segmented; tarsi 2-segmented.................................................
Ozanaphothrips
[part]
8. Abdominal sternites III–VI posterior margins with craspedum deeply lobed between marginal setae...........
Apterothrips
-. Abdominal sternites III–VI with no craspedum.............................................................. 9
9. Body dark brown, strongly reticulate; antennae 7-segmented.........................................
Moundothrips
-. Body variable, yellow to brown, never strongly reticulate; antennae 8- or 9-segmented, segment VI sometimes with incomplete suture.............................................................................
Anaphothrips
[in part]
10. Antennae 7-segmented; fore wings without prominent setae................................................... 11
-. Antennae 8- or 9-segmented; fore wings with setae on veins including costa...................................... 12
11. Body colour pale yellow, including antennal segments I – V; metathoracic endofurca elongate lyre-shaped..........
Edissa
-. Head and thorax dark brown, strongly reticulate, abdomen golden; metathoracic endofurca transverse........
Phibalothrips
12. Body dark brown; head and pronotum reticulate with markings inside the reticles; hind coxae internally with prominent coiled apodeme; metathoracic endofurca elongate lyre-shaped...............................................
Caliothrips
-. Body colour various, yellow or brown or bicoloured; reticulation, when present, without internal markings; hind coxae inter- nally without a coiled apodeme; metathoracic endofurca transverse............................................. 13
13. Abdominal sternites with transverse row of discal setae......................................
Ozanaphothrips
[part]
-. Abdominal sternites with no discal setae.................................................................. 14
14. Ocellar setae I absent; antennal segments III & IV with sensorium simple; metanotum with complex sculpture lines (
Fig. 90
); ovipositor weak, not serrate (
Fig. 91
); metapre-episternum broadly band-like..............................
Takethrips
-. Ocellar setae I present; antennal segment IV with sensorium forked, III with sensorium sometimes simple; metanotum with reticulate sculpture; ovipositor serrate; metapre-episternum slender and tapering laterally............
Anaphothrips
[in part]
15. Tergites V–VII with paired ctenidia laterally (
Figs 30
,
82
).................................................... 16
-. Tergites V–VII without paired lateral ctenidia.............................................................. 17
16. Antennal segments III–IV with sensoria simple....................................................
Bolacothrips
-. Antennal segments III–IV with sensoria forked................................................
Stenchaetothrips
17. Female abdominal tergite X with pair of stout thorn-like setae..........................................
Limothrips
-. Female abdominal tergite X without such setae............................................................. 18
18. Sensorium on antennal segment III simple, on IV usually simple but rarely forked................................. 19
-. Sensorium forked on antennal segments III and IV.......................................................... 28
19. Prosternal basantra with 1 or more pairs of setae (
Fig. 58
)..................................................... 20
-. Prosternum without any setae.......................................................................... 24
20. Fore tibia inner apex with broadly flattened or bifurcate seta; head strongly prolonged in front of eyes; ocellar setae pair I absent....................................................................................
Organothrips
-. Fore tibia inner apex without modified seta; head scarcely prolonged in front of eyes; ocellar setae pair I present........ 21
21. Abdominal tergites with no craspedum including segment VIII (
Fig. 46
); sternites with no discal setae........
Karphothrips
-. Tergites II–VIII with broad craspedum on posterior margin (
Figs 47
,
62
); sternites with or without row of discal setae.... 22
22. Abdominal sternites II–VI posterior margin with craspedum of five broad lobes (
Fig. 49
); ocellar setae I absent; fore wing cla- vus with discal seta present; sternites with no discal setae.......................................
Kranzithrips
gen.n.
-. Abdominal sternites II–VI posterior margin either with dentate craspedum or with no craspedum; ocellar setae I present; fore wing clavus with no discal seta; sternites with transverse row of discal setae..................................... 23
23. Abdominal sternites with dentate craspedum (
Figs 76, 78
); maxillary palps 3-segmented....................
Monothrips
-. Abdominal sternites with no craspedum (
Fig. 60
); maxillary palps 2-segmented....................
Masamithrips
gen.n.
24. Fore wing clavus with no discal seta (
Fig. 13
); sternites with transverse row of discal setae (
Figs 10
,
17
)............... 25
-. Fore wing clavus with discal seta (
Fig. 35
); sternites without discal setae (
Fig. 36
)................................. 26
25. Body and legs yellow; pronotum with 2 pairs of posteroangular setae (
Figs 1, 5
); mesothoracic furca usually without spinula; metanotum without campaniform sensilla (
Fig. 1
).............................................
Aliceathrips
gen.n.
-. Body brown or bicoloured; pronotum with one pair of small posteroangular setae; mesothoracic furca with short spinula; metanotal campaniform sensilla present or absent...........................................
Ozanaphothrips
[part]
26. Pronotum weakly trapezoidal, head not unusually small (
Fig. 31
); antennal segment II symmetrical; tergal campaniform sen- silla close to posterior margin (
Fig. 33
); metapre-episternum transversely band-like; female macropterous dark brown; male sometimes bicoloured, macropterous or micropterous............................................
Bregmatothrips
-. Pronotum strongly trapezoidal, much larger than head (
Fig. 23
); antennal segment II often strongly asymmetric and prolonged laterally; tergal campaniform sensilla distant from posterior margin; metapre-episternum scarcely prolonged laterally; female macropterous, brown, sometimes bicoloured when teneral; male apterous........................................ 27
27. Mesothoracic furca T-shaped with broad lateral flanges, invaginations close together near mid-line (
Fig. 25
)....
Chirothrips
-. Mesothoracic furca weak, without broad lateral flanges, invaginations widely separated (
Fig. 24
).............
Arorathrips
28. Fore tibial apex with 2 claws, rarely with one; sensorium on antennal segment VI with greatly enlarged, broadly oval base..........................................................................................
Odontothripiella
-. Fore tibia without an apical claw; sensorium on antennal segment VI with circular base............................ 29
29. Fully apterous, head with no ocelli; tergite IX with 2 pairs of stout setae [
Macquarie Island
]...............
Physemothrips
-. Macropterous, rarely micropterous; setae on tergite IX slender................................................. 30
30. Abdominal tergites II–VII with no craspedum; tergites with little sculpture; female with ovipositor valves weakly sclerotised and not serrate.............................................................................
Plesiothrips
-. Abdominal tergites II–VII with lobed craspedum and many transverse striae (
Fig. 96
); female with ovipositor valves strongly sclerotised and serrate....................................................................
Striathrips
gen.n.