Jacotia Faure

Mound, Laurence A. & Minaei, Kambiz, 2006, New fungus­feeding thrips (Thysanoptera Phlaeothripinae) from tropical Australia, Zootaxa 1150, pp. 1-17 : 11

Jacotia Faure

This genus was based originally on a single species from South Africa, Jacotia elegiae Faure. Subsequently , three species were described from southern and eastern Australia, and an illustrated key to the four species was provided together with a redefinition of the genus ( Mound, 1995b). Since then a further four species have been collected in various parts of Australia, and these are available in the Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra. One of these species is particularly distinctive and, as it is known from a good series, it is described here. All members of this genus are small and slender, with large eyes and short legs, and the dorsal surface is finely sculptured into complex patterns.