Liothrips umbratus Hood, 1918

Mound, Laurence A., Dang, Lihong & Tree, Desley J., 2023, The genus Liothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) in Australia, Zootaxa 5306 (2), pp. 201-214 : 210

Liothrips umbratus Hood

( Figs 8 , 15 , 23 , 34 )

Liothrips umbratus Hood, 1918: 132

This species was based on three females taken in 1913 by “sweeping in jungle at Nelson” (=Gordonvale, Cairns) in northern Queensland. The only other known specimens are the six females and one male listed below, and the images given here are of the specimens from Redlynch , Cairns. These were compared with the type specimens in the US National Museum collections at Washington in 1998. The head and tube lengths of the holotype in the original description were 0.307 mm and 0.312 mm .

Specimens studied. AUSTRALIA, Queensland, Cairns, Redlynch, Freshwater Creek , 3 females from large leafed mesophyte in rainforest, 11.viii.1968 (J.A.L.Watson); Tully, 1 female from Chionanthus ramiflorus , 12.viii. 2004 in ANIC . Cape Tribulation , 1 female, 1 male from? Chionanthus leaves, 28.x.2004, in QDPC .

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. Australian Liothrips heads. (1) burwelli; (2) chavicae; (3) pallipes; (4) timonii; (5) urichi; (6) vaneeckei; (7) takahashi; (8) umbratus. (9) Pronotum of umbratus.

FIGURES 10–16. Australian Liothrips antennae. (10) burwelli; (11) chavicae; (12) pallipes; (13) takahashi; (14) timonii; (15) umbratus; (16) vaneeckei.

FIGURES 17–25. Australian Liothrips. Metanotum: (17) chavicae; (18) chionanthes; (19) burwelli; (20) pallipes; (21) takahashi; (22) timonii (23) umbratus; (24) urichi; (25) vaneeckei.

FIGURES 26–40. Australian Liothrips. Prosternum 26–28: (26) burwelli; (27) pallipes; (28) timoni. (29) Pronotum of chionanthes. Pelta & tergite II 30–35: (30) burwelli; (31) chavicae; (32) takahashi; (33) timonii; (34) umbratus; (35) vaneeckei. Hind tibiae 36–40: (36) timoni; (37) vaneeckei; (38) chavicae; (39) urichi. (40) Holotype of L. brevifemur.