The genus Liothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) in Australia Author Mound, Laurence A. Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601 Author Dang, Lihong School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723000, China. Author Tree, Desley J. c / o Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Qld, 4001. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-06-20 5306 2 201 214 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.2 journal article 56361 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.2 d2a9e638-7d6a-4d6c-ade7-660b41451bd6 1175-5326 8058695 E681EDEE-BAB3-4422-8F56-BD4018B7087C Liothrips pallipes (Karny) ( Figs 3 , 12 , 20 , 27 ) Gynaikothrips pallipes Karny, 1913: 110 . Described from specimens found in a rolled leaf gall on Piper in Java, three further species are placed as synonyms of pallipes ( Mound 2020 ) , all from leaf galls on Piper spp and taken in Java, southern Japan , Taiwan and Philippines . Okajima (2006: 436) fully described and illustrated this species under the name kuwanai . It has been found in Queensland at the same site as chavicae , but possibly not on the same species of Piper . In contrast to that species, antennal segment VII is brown ( Figs. 12 ), all tibiae and tarsi are clear yellow, the fore wings are weakly shaded and the major setae are all pale. However, the metanotal sculpture does not greatly differ between these two species ( Figs 17, 20 ). Specimens studied . AUSTRALIA , Queensland : Redlynch , Crystal Creek , 4 females , 4 males in leaf roll on Piper canina , also 4 females , 2 males from leaf roll on Piper sp. , 5.xi.2008 , in ANIC ( 4 females , 3 males with similar data in QDPC ) ; Gordonvale , Big Tree , 2 females from leaf gall on Piper sp. , 3.x.2012 , in ANIC ; Cairns , Cathedral Fig Tree , 1 female , 1 male in Piper gall, 3.x.2012 ; Lake Barrine , 2 females , 1 male in Piper gall, 11,xii,2013, in QDPC . PAPUA NEW GUINEA , East Sepik Prov. , Hayfield , 1 female , 1 male in village garden, 21.xi.2017 , in ANIC . TIMOR LESTE , Baucau , 3 females , 2 males in Piper betle curled leaf, 15.vii.2000 , in ANIC .