Heligmothrips frickeri Mound, 1970

Mound, Laurence A., Tree, Desley J. & Wells, Alice, 2022, Convoluted maxillary stylets among Australian Thysanoptera Phlaeothripinae associated mainly with Casuarinaceae trees, Zootaxa 5190 (3), pp. 301-332 : 323

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5190.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7140296
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scientific name	Heligmothrips frickeri Mound
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Heligmothrips frickeri Mound View in CoL

Heligmothrips frickeri Mound, 1970: 460 View in CoL

Described from a single female taken in northern Australia, the specimens listed below all share the same character states of a fully transverse mesopresternum, very small pronotal anteromarginal setae, and very few fore wing duplicated cilia. In other features these specimens are very similar to those identified as H. brevidens View in CoL , and it is possible that they represent no more than aberrant specimens of that species.

Specimens studied. Holotype female, Northern Territory: McArthur River, 18.vii.1961. Northern Territory: Gregory N.P., Bullita Outstation, 1 female, 2 males, 3.vii.1986. Western Australia: Dampier 90km southeast, 2 females, 2 males, ix.1995. South Australia: Kangaroo Island , 1 female, 26.xii.2002.