Anaphothrips dalbyi, Mound & Masumoto, 2009

Mound, Laurence A. & Masumoto, Masami, 2009, Australian Thripinae of the Anaphothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera), with three new genera and thirty-three new species, Zootaxa 2042 (1), pp. 1-76 : 29

Anaphothrips dalbyi sp. n.

(Figs 61–64)

Female macroptera. Body, legs and antennal segments I–IV yellow, but II and apex of IV weakly shaded, V–VI brown with basal third yellow; fore wings weakly shaded along veins; tergite IX major setae pale. Head about as long as wide, projecting slightly in front of eyes, with faint anastomosing sculpture lines behind eyes and around ocelli; eyes with 6 pigmented facets; ocellar setae I wide apart, II relatively long, III just within triangle. Antennae 9-segmented; segments III–IV with small forked sensorium; II with a few weak, short microtrichia; suture oblique between VI–VII; VI weakly pedicellate ( Fig. 64 ). Pronotum with weak transverse sculpture lines; posteromarginal setae S2 at least 1.5 times as long as S1 (Fig. 61). Metascutum irregularly reticulate (Fig. 63), median setae not close to anterior margin, MCS present. Fore wing first vein with about 8 setae basally, 2 medially and 2 distally; second vein with 10 setae; clavus with 4–5 veinal setae. Abdominal tergites II–VII with no sculpture medially, lines extend just mesad of setae S2, median setal pair minute to small; posterolateral margins of tergites with broadly dentate microtrichia; VIII with long regular comb of microtrichia (Fig. 62); IX elongate.

Measurements (holotype, in microns). Body length 1380. Head, length 120; width across eyes 130. Pronotum, length 115; maximum width 150. Fore wing, length 620; median width 40; first vein longest seta in basal row 25. Tergite IV S1 setae 5. Tergite IX, MD setae 20; PM S1 setae 90. Tergite X PM S1 setae 90. Antennal segments III–IX, 45, 35, 30, 35, 10, 7, 12.

Male macroptera. Similar to female; tergite IX with 2 pairs of short stout setae medially; sternites with no pore plates.

Specimens examined. Holotype female, Queensland, 30km west of Dalby, from grass along Condamyne River , 19.vii.1995 ( LAM 2782 ).

Paratypes: 7 females 1 male taken with holotype.

Comments. Apart from the slightly elongate pair of setae on the pronotum, this species shares most character states with the other Australian Anaphothrips species , and in body form it is a typical grass-living species.

Figures

FIGURES 64–72. Anaphothrips of Australia. (64) A. dalbyi antenna. A. desleyae 65–68: (65) clavus with meso & metanotum; (66) male tergite IX; (67) tergites VI–VIII; (68) male sternites. A. dubius 69–72: (69) male sternites; (70) male tergite IX; (71) larva II tergites VII–IX; (72) meso & metanotum.