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
Ozanaphothrips
Mound & Masumoto
This genus is known only from
Australia
. There are six described species, of which most are dark brown but with one brightly bicoloured, and five of them are known only from the northern parts of the continent. The sixth,
O
. fenarius
, was described from many specimens taken in the southern half of Western
Australia
, but in
December 2010
was found breeding on the leaves of an unidentified native grass in forest on the east coast, near Narooma south of Sydney. Like
Anaphothrips
species, these thrips all lack long setae on the pronotum, but in contrast to the members of that genus they have sternal discal setae. Two species have craspeda on the sternites, but these structures are not present in the other four species. The host plants are various native
Poaceae
, although one species is known only from a species of
Cyperaceae
.