Azaleothrips lepidus Okajima

Azaleothrips lepidus Okajima, 1978: 386; Okajima & Masumoto, 2014: 327.

Described from Thailand, this species was subsequently recorded from Australia (Mound & Dang 2013). Specimens from Australia do not differ in any significant way from the available specimens from Thailand, neither in sculpture nor in colour pattern.

Material studied. Thailand, Chiang Mai, 1 female, 1 male from dead leaves and branches, 1.ix.1991. Australia, Northern Territory, Coburg Peninsular, 1 female from dead twigs, 14.v.1999; Darwin, Holmes Jungle, 9 females, 5 males from dead branches, 8.v.2014; same locality, 1 female, 29.v.2011.