Aduncothrips walkerae (Mound) Li & Elie & Liu & Zhang, 2022

Li, Yajin, Elie, Ntirenganya, Liu, Hui & Zhang, Hongrui, 2022, Aduncothrips newly recorded from China, with three new species and a new generic synonym (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae), Zootaxa 5141 (1), pp. 49-59 : 58

Aduncothrips walkerae (Mound) comb.n.

Desmidothrips walkerae Mound, 1977: 151 .

Known only from New Zealand, this is one of two species with the maxillary palps 3-segmented, segment II not subdivided in females and males. Variation in some characters was discussed with the original description, including color of antennal segment III, sensorium length on segments III-IV, and the dorsal setae of male abdominal tergite IX. These differences were not considered suitable for erecting new taxa without any biological information ( Mound 1977). This species was found in Hebe stricta flowers with large numbers of Thrips obscuratus , suggesting that it may be predatory ( Mound & Walker 1982).