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(
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)
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. Body and legs brown, head and tube darkest, fore tibiae brownish yellow distally, fore tarsi yellow but mid and hind tarsi brown; antennal segment II yellow on distal half, IIIIV clear yellow, V yellow with extreme apex weakly shaded, VI yellow on basal two-thirds, VIIVIII brown (
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); fore wings brown around basal setae, then pale but with weak shading extending to apical third paler but margins not shaded; major setae on head and body very weakly shaded. Head as long as wide (
<figureCitation id="1309A2E4B738FFCDFCC5FD131BDDF690" box="[859,925,655,681]" captionStart="FIGURES 112" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-23@2.[164,1423,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 112. Australian Phlaeothripinae. Litotetothrips symplocosae sp.n. 13: (1) Head &amp; pronotum; (2) Metanotum &amp; pelta; (3) Antennal segments IIVIII. Ponticulothrips mudloi sp.n. 47 (male): (4) Antennal segments IIVIII; (5) Fore tarsus; (6) Head; (7) Pelta. Trichinothrips breviceps 89: (8) Antenna; (9) Head &amp; thorax. Tylothrips osborni 1012: (10) Head; (11) Metathoracic ventro-lateral seta; (12) Pronotum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280990" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6280990/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="292">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
), slightly constricted just behind eyes, genae narrowed to basal neck without setae; vertex with weak transverse reticulate sculpture; compound eyes with one posterolateral facet slightly enlarged; stylets retracted almost to postocular setae and about one third of head width apart; postocular setae blunt at apex, slightly shorter than dorsal eye length. Antennal segment III with 1 sense cone, IV with 3 sense cones; VII constricted to basal neck (
<figureCitation id="1309A2E4B738FFCDFD6BFC831B7AF700" box="[757,826,799,825]" captionStart="FIGURES 112" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-23@2.[164,1423,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 112. Australian Phlaeothripinae. Litotetothrips symplocosae sp.n. 13: (1) Head &amp; pronotum; (2) Metanotum &amp; pelta; (3) Antennal segments IIVIII. Ponticulothrips mudloi sp.n. 47 (male): (4) Antennal segments IIVIII; (5) Fore tarsus; (6) Head; (7) Pelta. Trichinothrips breviceps 89: (8) Antenna; (9) Head &amp; thorax. Tylothrips osborni 1012: (10) Head; (11) Metathoracic ventro-lateral seta; (12) Pronotum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280990" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6280990/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="292">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). Pronotum with weak sculpture lines only at anterior and posterior, smooth medially; five pairs of well-developed setae, major setae blunt to weakly capitate; notopleural sutures incomplete. Mesonotal lateral setae small and blunt at apex; metanotal median setae very small and acute; metanotum weakly reticulate medially. Prosternal ferna large, widely separated; mesopresternum reduced to three weak sclerites; metathoracic sternopleural sutures not developed. Fore wing sub-basal setae blunt to weakly capitate; about 14 duplicated cilia present. Fore tarsus with no tooth. Pelta broadly triangular, without campaniform sensilla (
<figureCitation id="1309A2E4B738FFCDFF3EFC6B18A3F028" box="[160,227,1015,1041]" captionStart="FIGURES 112" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-23@2.[164,1423,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 112. Australian Phlaeothripinae. Litotetothrips symplocosae sp.n. 13: (1) Head &amp; pronotum; (2) Metanotum &amp; pelta; (3) Antennal segments IIVIII. Ponticulothrips mudloi sp.n. 47 (male): (4) Antennal segments IIVIII; (5) Fore tarsus; (6) Head; (7) Pelta. Trichinothrips breviceps 89: (8) Antenna; (9) Head &amp; thorax. Tylothrips osborni 1012: (10) Head; (11) Metathoracic ventro-lateral seta; (12) Pronotum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280990" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6280990/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="292">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
); tergite lateral setae blunt to weakly capitate; tergite IX setae S1 and S2 long and pointed; anal setae shorter than tube.
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female in microns). Body length 2600. Head, length 225; width behind eyes 235; po setae 85. Pronotum, length 175; width 325; major setae am 45, aa 50, ml 65, epim 100, pa 95. Fore wing, length 950; sub-basal setae 50, 55, 70. Mesonotal lateral setae 35; metanotal median setae 15. Tergite IX setae 260, 250, 200. Tube length 250. Antennal segments IIIVIII length 70, 65, 65, 70, 55, 45.
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<emphasis id="B9466273B738FFCDFF59FB5319CAF0D1" box="[199,394,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="292">Male macroptera</emphasis>
. Similar to female in colour and structure; tergite IX setae S2 short and stout on left side but on right side long and slender with S3 short and stout; sternite VIII without pore plate.
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.
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South of Cairns
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. The problems of distinguishing
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<emphasis id="B9466273B738FFCDFD21FA1F1B17F1A4" box="[703,855,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="292">Litotetothrips</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="B9466273B738FFCDFC03FA1F1C67F1A4" box="[925,1063,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="292">Thlibothrips</emphasis>
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were discussed recently (
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). These are two of the smaller Phlaeothripinae genera that were erected, but never distinguished, by Priesner for some Asian leaf-feeding species. This new species emphasises these problems, as it has character states intermediate between the two genera as currently interpreted. However, as stated in the previous publication, it is not possible to synonymise these two genera without further study of the original specimens of the
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species. The head of this new species is as long as wide, a condition considered diagnostic for
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(in contrast to 1.1 times as long as wide in
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<emphasis id="B9466273B738FFCDFE46F9C71A22F24C" box="[472,610,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="292">Thlibothrips</emphasis>
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), and the maxillary stylets are retracted almost, but not quite, to the level of the postocular setae. The new species is very similar to
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<emphasis id="B9466273B738FFCDFCB8F9E31BC4F2A1" box="[806,900,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="292">L. tareei</emphasis>
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that remains known only from
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taken on the central coast of
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. From that species,
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<emphasis id="B9466273B738FFCDFCA5F93F1BA7F284" box="[827,999,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="292">L. symplocosae</emphasis>
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differs in having antennal segment VII clearly constricted to a basal neck, antennal segments IIIV clear yellow with only the apex of V weakly shaded and segment VI clear yellow in the basal two-thirds; pronotal notopleural sutures incomplete, mesopresternum divided into three very small sclerites, and the pelta without campaniform sensilla. The chaetotaxy of tergite IX in the species of
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seems to be unstable occasionally, with setal pair S2 asymmetric and reduced in length in some individuals.
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