Klambothrips

Mound, Laurence A. & Morris, David C., 2007, A new thrips pest of Myoporum cultivars in California, in a new genus of leaf-galling Australian Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera), Zootaxa 1495, pp. 35-45 : 39

Key to Klambothrips species

1. Hind tarsi yellow to brownish yellow, clearly paler than tibiae; tergite IX setae S 1 with apices capitate. 2

-. Hind tarsi brown, scarcely paler than tibial apex; tergite IX setae S 1 bluntly pointed to broadly rounded 3

2. Maxillary stylets about 0.3 of head width apart, retracted into head only to level of postocular setae ( Fig. 2 ) ............................................................................................................................................. myopori sp. n.

-. Maxillary stylets scarcely 0.1 of head width apart, retracted to eyes ( Fig. 4 ) ............ walsinghami (Girault)

3. Maxillary stylets retracted to eyes, close together medially in head; tergite IX setae S 1 and S 2 bluntly pointed; longest anal setae longer than tube ................................................................ annulosus (Priesner)

-. Maxillary stylets retracted to postocular setae, about one fifth of head width apart; tergite IX setae S 1 and S 2 broadly rounded; anal setae shorter than tube .................................................................. oleariae sp. n.

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 4. Klambothrips species. 2, K. myopori male holotype; 3, K. myopori antenna; 4, K. walsinghami.