Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
text
Zootaxa
2011
3064
1
40
journal article
46148
10.5281/zenodo.200567
dbb812a3-60dd-4f6f-bb48-9e2ce120221a
1175-5326
200567
Bregmatothrips binervis
(Kobus)
Thrips
binervis
Kobus, 1893
: 158
Diarthrothrips saccharicolus
Bianchi, 1945
: 275
.
syn.n.
Described originally from Java, and recorded widely across
India
with two further synonyms from that country (
Bhatti, 1984
), specimens of this species have been studied from various sites in northern
Australia
between Brisbane, Badu
Island
(Torres Strait), Darwin and Kununurra. The new synonym is from
New Caledonia
, and specimens from that territory, including a
paratype
female, have been compared with specimens from
India
and
Australia
. In contrast to species of the
B. venustus
group recognised by
Bhatti (1984)
, the maxillary palps are 2- segmented, there are five setae on antennal segment IV, sternite VII of females has the median pair of setae arising in front of the posterior margin, and the paired processes on the posterior margin of tergite IX in males are stout as in the new species described below.