Anaphothrips geijerae, 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 : 36

Anaphothrips geijerae sp. n.

( Figs 88–91 )

Female macroptera. Body and legs brown, tarsi yellow; antennal segments I and IV–IX brown, II darker, III paler; fore wings uniformly weakly shaded; tergite IX major setae brown. Head wider than long, with transverse anastomosing striae behind eyes ( Fig. 91 ); eyes without pigmented facets; ocellar setae III just within triangle. Antennae 9-segmented, III–IV with sensorium forked; II with microtrichia on sculpture lines; suture between VI–VII transverse; VI constricted at base but not pedicellate ( Fig. 88 ). Pronotum with prominent transverse ridges on anterior half ( Fig. 91 ); discal setae relatively stout. Metascutum irregularly reticulate, sculpture lines apparently with flanges ( Fig. 90 ); median setae near anterior margin; MCS present or absent. Prosternal ferna interrupted medially. Fore wing first vein with about 9 setae basally, 2 medially and 2 distally; second vein with 10 setae; clavus with 5 veinal setae and one seta at base. Abdominal tergites II–VII with no sculpture medially; laterally with closely spaced sculpture lines bearing weak broadly based microtrichia, not extending mesad of S2; posterior margin of VIII with complete long comb, lateral microtrichia arising from larger bases. Sternites with transverse reticulation medially.

Measurements (holotype, in microns). Body length 1220. Head, length 75; width across eyes 135. Pronotum, length 110; maximum width 175. Fore wing, length 650; median width 50; first vein longest seta in basal row 20. Tergite IV S1 setae 5. Tergite IX, MD setae 12; PM S1 setae 80. Tergite X PM S1 setae 75. Antennal segments III–IX, 37, 35, 35, 30, 10, 7, 12.

Male unknown.

Specimens examined. Holotype female macroptera, New South Wales, Peak Hill, from Geijera parviflora leaves ( Rutaceae ), 8.xii.2001 (LAM 4064).

Paratypes: 3 females taken with holotype.

Comments. The sculpture of this brown species, with small flanges on many of the sculpture lines, is unusual within the genus. Although here named after the widespread shrub on which the type series was found, there is no certainty that this is the definitive host plant.

Figures

FIGURES 83–91. Anaphothrips of Australia. A. exocarpoides 83–85: (83) meso & metanotum; (84) tergites VI–VIII; (85) sternites VI–VII. A. geleznowiae 86–87: (86) antenna; (87) tergites VII–VIII. A. geijerae 88–91: (88) antenna; (89) tergites VI–VIII; (90) clavus with meso & metanotum; (91) head & pronotum.