Rhamphothrips

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2011, New records and four new species of Australian Thripidae (Thysanoptera) emphasise faunal relationships between northern Australia and Asia, Zootaxa 2764, pp. 35-48 : 41

Key to Rhamphothrips species from Australia

1. Female sternum VII setae S1 and S2 very small, shorter than distance between their bases ( Fig. 30 ); female fore tibia with ventral apical margin bearing two small tubercles each with one seta; metanotum closely but irregularly striate ( Fig. 29 ); male fore coxae with hook-like tubercle posteromedially ( Figs 27, 28 ); male terga II–VIII with toothed craspedum complete across posterior margin ( Fig. 23 ), IX with median setal pair far apart and each arising on a small tubercle ( Fig. 23 )....... tenuirostris

-. Female sternum VII setae S1 and S2 longer than distance between their bases ( Fig. 18 ); female fore tibia without ventral apical tubercles; metanotum with irregular longitudinal reticulation ( Fig. 25 ); male fore coxae without hook-like tubercle; male tergum IX median setae different ( Figs 21, 22 )............................................................... 2

2. Male with craspedum toothed laterally only on tergum VII ( Fig. 22 ); male tergum IX median setae arising well separated from each other ( Fig. 22 ); female with antennal segments IV–V largely pale with apex shaded, VI brown with base variably paler............................................................................................... pandens

-. Male with craspedum toothed laterally on additional terga; male tergum IX median setae arising close together on one or a pair of small tubercles; female with antennal segment V light brown or dark brown................................... 3

3. Females with antennal segments V–VIII almost uniformly dark brown, I–IV sharply paler than V; male terga III–VIII with craspedum prominently toothed laterally ( Fig. 17 ); ovipositor less than 240 microns long......................... amyae

-. Females with antennal segments I–III pale, IV shaded in apical third, V–VIII light brown; male with craspedum toothed laterally only on terga VI–VII ( Fig. 21 ); ovipositor often 270 microns long........................................ cissus

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 32. Rhamphothrips and Tusothrips. R. tenuirostris 27 – 30: (27 – 28) large and small males, fore coxae and mesosternum; (29) meso & metanotum and abdominal terga I – II; (30) female sternum VII. T. setiprivus 31 – 32: (31) female sternum VII; (32) head, thorax and abdominal terga I – II.

FIGURES 15 – 23. Rhamphothrips species. R. amyae 15 – 19: (15) antenna; (16) head & pronotum; (17) male terga V – IX; (18) female sterna VI – VII; (19) male fore tibia & tarsus. R. cissus 20 – 21: (20) thoracic sterna; (21) male terga V – IX. R. pandens (22) male terga IV – IX. R. tenuirostris (23) male terga VI – IX.

FIGURES 24 – 26. Rhamphothrips cissus. (24) head & pronotum; (25) meso & metanotum, abdominal terga I – II; (26) mouth cone and pterothoracic sterna.