Haplothrips robustus Bagnall, 1918

Mound, Laurence A., 2019, Identification of Haplothrips species from Malesia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 4623 (1), pp. 41-50 : 47

Haplothrips robustus Bagnall

Haplothrips robustus Bagnall, 1918: 209 .

Until recently this species was known only from Australia, where females are widespread across the continent ( Mound & Minaei 2007). However, H. sesuvii Priesner from Java was recently synonymised with H. robustus , and the species was also recorded from Oahu and the New Hebrides ( Mound & Matsunaga 2017). No male of H. robustus has ever been recorded, and the species may have been dispersed out of Africa, because it is similar in structure to the African species H. claripennis Priesner. It is a typical member of the subgenus Trybomiella , with broad fore wings that are constricted medially and no duplicated cilia distally on the posterior margin.