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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scientific name	Heligmothrips frickeri Mound
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Heligmothrips frickeri Mound

Heligmothrips frickeri Mound, 1970: 460

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 , 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.