Carientothrips pictilis Mound, 1974 a: 33

Eow, Li-Xin, 2014, Australian species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genera Carientothrips and Nesothrips (Thysanoptera: Idolothripinae), Zootaxa 3821 (2), pp. 193-221 : 208

Carientothrips pictilis Mound, 1974 a: 33

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Described originally from one apterous female taken in central New South Wales, the following specimens have been collected more recently: South Australia, Loxton , 2 females, 1 male in pitfall traps, xi–xii.1998. This species is mentioned above as one of the species similar in appearance to acti . From most of these it differs in having small postocellar setae, the eyes narrowed and slightly prolonged ventrally, and the third antennal segment with a subbasal ring ( Fig. 30 ) .

Diagnosis. Apterous, bicoloured, head and abdomen dark brown, but thorax, legs, pelta and antennal segments II–IV mainly yellow; head longer than wide, projecting in front of eyes, stylets retracted to eyes and about one third of head width apart; eyes with one ommatidium displaced to posterior on ventral surface; maxillary palp segment I twice as long as wide, II about 1.5 times as long as I. Pronotal am setae small, acute, remaining 4 pairs longer and weakly capitate, notopleural sutures complete or almost complete. Metanotum without sculpture. Pelta broad with large median lobe; tergites III–VI with median transverse row of about 20 small setae, wing-retaining setae minute; tergite IX setae shorter than tube, tube shorter than head.

Figures

FIGURES 21–30. Carientothrips species. Tergites VIII–X (tube): (21) snowi. Tergites IX–X (tube): (22) miskoi female, (23) calami. Antenna segments III–VIII: (24) horni, (25) reedi, (26) vesper, (27) magnetis, (28) pedicillus. Antennal segments III–IV: (29) acti, (30) pictilis.