Identification and host-plant associations of Australian Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) Author Mound, Laurence A. Author Tree, And Desley J. text Zootaxa 2009 1983 1 22 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.185353 37564c83-4c78-4d07-86aa-2fc42b24be1f 1175-5326 185353 Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday ( Figs 77–79 ) Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday, 1836 : 444 Introduced in 2001 for the biological control of the noxius weed, Ulex europaeus , this Western European species is established in Tasmania and Victoria, and possibly also in South Australia ( Ireson et al., 2008 ). One of the darkest members of the Sericothripinae in Australia , it is easily recognised from the structure of the metanotum and abdominal tergites ( Figs 77, 78 ). Sternites IV–VII of males have a small circular (sometimes divided) glandular area medially.