Chirothrips Haliday

Mound, Laurence A., 2011, Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia, Zootaxa 3064 (1), pp. 1-40 : 18

Chirothrips Haliday

( Fig. 25 )

As in Arorathrips , the species of this genus develop within individual florets of grasses, with one larva to each floret ( Minaei & Mound, 2010). An illustrated account of the four species known from Australia is provided by Mound & Palmer (1972). C. manicatus is a widespread Palaearctic species that is common in southern Australia. In contrast, C. ah and C. atricorpus are African species that are widespread in northern Australia. C. frontalis has been found rarely in northern Australia, and is probably from South America.

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 30. Grass living Thripinae. Arorathrips mexicanus 23 – 24: (23) head & thorax; (24) meso & metasterna. (25) Chirothrips manicatus, meso & metasterna. Bolacothrips striatopennatus 26 – 30: (26 – 28) tergites I – II, females from Mt Coottha, Brisbane; (29) tergites I – II, female from Thailand; (30) tergites VII – VIII, female from Thailand.