Ozanaphothrips condaminei, 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 : 63

Ozanaphothrips condaminei sp. n.

( Figs 180–184 )

Female aptera. Legs and most of body yellow, head and abdominal segments VIII–X brown with pale setae, segment VII lightly shaded; antennal segments I–II and V–VIII light brown, III–IV mainly yellow. Head ( Fig. 180 )smaller than pronotum, projecting in front of eyes but scarcely overhanging antennal segment I; vertex without sculpture or ocelli; ocellar setae I when present slightly posteromesad of setae II; ocellar setae III wide apart close to compound eyes. Antennal segment IV with simple sensorium, III–V with no microtrichia on transverse lines ( Fig. 183 ). Pronotum trapezoidal ( Fig. 184 ), faintly reticulate, setae all small. Prosternal ferna weakly continuous medially. Mesothoracic furca with short spinula. Mesonotum reticulate, with 2 pairs of campaniform sensilla anteromedially, 2 or 3 pairs of setae near posterior margin. Metascutum reticulate, transverse with 1 pair of setae medially; MCS present, 2 pairs of setae near posterior margin. Abdominal tergites I–IX reticulate, with unlobed posteromarginal craspedum on I–VIII; paired campaniform sensilla close to posterior margin; posteromarginal setae arise in line with campaniform sensilla; tergite IX MD setae small and slender, major setae short. Sternites II–VII reticulate, with broad unlobed posteromarginal craspedum, on VII not developed mesad of setae S2 ( Fig. 181 ); sternites III–VII posteromarginal setae arise in front of margin, with discal setae indistinguishable from marginals.

Measurements (holotype, in microns). Body length 1200. Head, length 90; width across eyes 100. Pronotum, length 135; maximum width 165. Tergite IV S1 setae 15. Tergite IX, MD setae 15; PM S1 setae 65. Tergite X PM S1 setae 40. Antennal segments III–VIII, 25, 25, 25, 45, 10, 10.

Female macroptera. Colour and structure similar to aptera, fore wing shaded; pterothorax brown; prosternal ferna discontinuous medially; mesothoracic furca short and weak; metascutum and metascutellum reticulate; metascutal median setae arise medially, MCS near posterior. Fore wing clavus with 4 marginal setae; first vein with 4 setae basally, 2 setae distally; second vein with 6 setae.

Male aptera. Similar to female aptera but considerably paler; tergite IX medially with pair of small setae between pair of campaniform sensilla; sternites III–VII each with slender transverse pore plate close to antecostal ridge ( Fig. 182 ).

Specimens examined. Holotype female aptera. Queensland, 30km west of Milmerran , on grasses, 25.ii.2003 ( LAM4299 ).

Paratypes: 8 female 5 male apterae, 1 female macroptera, taken with holotype; Queensland, Glenmorgan , on Bryophyllum , 1 female aptera, 8.vii.2002; New South Wales, 40km south of Coonabarabran , 1 female macroptera, from native grasses, 13.iii.2006.

Comments. The head of this species is smaller than that of O. fenarius , with a distinctive trapezoidal pronotum, but these two share many other character states.

Figures

FIGURES 180–190. Ozanaphothrips species. O. condaminei 180–184: (180) head; (181) sternites VI–VII; (182) male sternites; (183) antenna; (184) pro & mesonotum. O. fenarius 185–190: (185) meso & metanotum of macroptera; (186) meso & metanotum of aptera; (187) antenna; (188) head & pronotum; (189) prosternum; (190) tergites V–VI.