Fungus-feeding Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae of the Idiothrips genus-group in Australia, with nine new species
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
Author
Tree, Desley J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4034
2
325
341
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.5
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1175-5326
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Stictothrips aoristus
sp.n.
(
Figs 13–15
)
Female microptera
. With the characters given in the generic diagnosis, except: body, legs and antennae light brown, tarsi paler, major setae all pale.
Antennal segment VIII broadly joined to VII (
Fig. 13
); head with po setae scarcely different from minor setae; cheek setae prominent (
Fig. 15
); notopleural sutures complete; metanotum reticulate, median setal pair weakly capitate, with 2 or 3 minor setae on anterior half; prosternal basantra not developed; mesoeusternal anterior margin entire; pelta transverse; tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of setae medially (
Fig. 14
).
Measurements
(
holotype
female in microns). Body length1650. Head, length 200; width 180. Pronotum, length 130; width 215; major setae, am 15, aa 15, ml 15, epim 40, pa 20. Fore wing lobe 90. Tergite IX setae
S1 50
;
S2 65
. Tube length 110. Antennal segments III–VIII length, 50, 48, 50, 45, 45, 30.
Material studied
.
Holotype
female microptera,
Queensland
, Carnarvon Station, Fig Tree Gully, from
Ficus coronata
leaves and branches,
14.x.2014
(DJT1963) (in
ANIC
).
Paratypes
:
2 female
micropterae taken with
holotype
.
Comments
. As discussed above, and indicated in the key, this species is not strictly congeneric with the other
Stictothrips
, but is placed here pending further field studies.