Hydatothrips Karny

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, And Desley J., 2009, Identification and host-plant associations of Australian Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 1983, pp. 1-22 : 3

Hydatothrips Karny

Hydatothrips Karny, 1913: 281 . Type-species Hydatothrips adolfifriderici Karny.

As discussed above, the only character state used to distinguish this genus from Neohydatothrips is variable ( Figs 6 , 13 , 36 ) and is possibly not a reflection of any phylogenetic relationship. Wang (2007) listed five genus-group names as synonyms of this genus. Corcithrips Bhatti had been erected for a single species in which the marginal setae arise submarginally on sternites II–VI as well as on sternite VII. Pyrothrips Bhatti was erected as a subgenus of Hydatothrips for a single species in which the tergal setae all arise on the discal area. Zonothrips Priesner was erected for a single species with 7-segmented antennae. In contrast to the decision by Wang (2007), two genera, Faureana Bhatti and Sariathrips Bhatti are here synonymised with Neohydatothrips .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Hydatothrips aliceae. (1) Head & pronotum; (2) Forewing; (3) Meso & metanotum; (4) Sternites; (5) Tergites; (6) Metasternum; (7) Female.

FIGURES 8 – 14. Hydatothrips argenticinctus. (8) Female; (9) Head & pronotum; (10) Tergites; (11) Sternites; (12) Meso & metanotum; (13) Metasternum; (14) Forewing.

FIGURES 27 – 36. Hydatothrips latisensibilis & H. williamsi. (27 – 30) H. latisensibilis, (27) Head, pro, meso & metanota; (28) Tergites; (29) Male sternites; (30) Terminal antennal segments, ventral and lateral views. (31 – 36) H. williamsi, (31) Head; (32) Meso & metanota; (33) Tergites; (34) Tergites I – III; (35) Sternites; (36) Metasternum.