Carientothrips reedi Mound, 1974 a: 34

(Fig. 25)

This species is known from eastern New South Wales and Southeastern Queensland. It is very similar to vesper from western Australia, but has shorter antennae (Fig. 25, cf. Fig. 26) and the major setae are less capitate. The available specimens were taken from grasses and dead twigs.

Diagnosis. Apterous or macropterous, body and legs brownish yellow with tube dark; head longer than wide, not projecting in front of eyes, vertex reticulate; eyes well developed dorsally but small ventrally with only 4–5 visible ommatidia; postocellar finely acute, postocular setae weakly capitate. Pronotal am setae short and acute, the other 4 pairs long and capitate, aa setae arising slightly mesad of anterior angle; notopleural sutures incomplete. Metanotum reticulate, with 4–6 minor setae anteromedially. Pelta broadly triangular with rounded margins (also macroptera); tergites III–VI with about 10 small discal setae in transverse row, wing-retaining setae minute in aptera, sigmoid in macroptera; tergite IX setae blunt and shorter than tube. Male with no fore tarsal tooth.