Australian spore-feeding thrips of the genus Phaulothrips (Thysanoptera, Idolothripinae)
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
Author
Tree, Desley J.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3608
4
239
252
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3608.4.2
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1175-5326
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Phaulothrips inquilinus
(Kelly)
Kaleidothrips inquilinus
Kelly
, in Kelly & Mayne, 1934: 73
This is a particularly remarkable species (
Fig. 23
), although it is closely related to
kingae
described below from a single macropterous female. The head bears 10 or 12 pairs of pre-ocellar setae that arise on two elongate tubercles (
Fig. 16
). These setae are dark but with the apices sharply pale and blunt. In contrast to many other members of the genus, antennal segment III is uniformly dark brown. Winged and wingless adults have a single pair of wingretaining setae on the tergites, and bear a seta on the lateral lobes of the pelta. The specimens taken from within bee tunnels are all micropterae.
Specimens examined. New South
Wales
, Marrickville, labeled “
TYPE
” without further data; Sydney, Normanhurst,
1 female
from grasses,
i.1959
; Goulburn,
7 females
,
2 males
with larvae, from a bee tunnel in
Foeniculum vulgare
stem,
iv.1955
; Armidale,
1 female
,
2 males
from a bee tunnel in
F. vu l ga re
stem,
iv.1955
.
Queensland
, Mt Coot-tha, The Gap,
1 female
from dead leaves,
31.xii.2006
; Barakula forest,
1 female
from Malaise trap,
23.i.-10.ii.2010
.
South
Australia
, Whyalla,
1 female
macroptera,
1.viii.2000
; Lake Gilles,
1 female
macroptera,
1 male
microptera,
10.iv.2000
.
Australian Capital Territory
, Mt Ainslie,
1 female
from dead branches,
19.ix.2008
.