Adurothrips Mound

Mound, Laurence A., Dang, Li-Hong & Tree, Desley J., 2013, Genera of fungivorous Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera) from dead branches and leaf-litter in Australia, Zootaxa 3681 (3), pp. 201-224 : 206

Adurothrips Mound

The only known species in this Australian genus, A. atopus , is widespread in leaf litter in eastern Australia ( Fig. 2 ). The genus is considered related to the long-tubed, Urothripine genera such as Baenothrips and Stephanothrips , despite the tube and anal setae being short.

Diagnosis. Apterous, body small; head reticulate dorsally, with tuberculate cheeks, stylets wide apart; compound eyes with less than 15 ommatidia; antennae 6-segmented, II asymmetric, III with 1 sensorium, IV with 2 sensoria; pronotum with no long setae, no notopleural sutures; basantra small, placed laterally, mesopraesternum degenerate; no sternopleural sutures; fore tarsi without tooth; pelta transverse, tripartite; tergite IX scarcely longer than VIII; tube shorter than head, anal setae shorter than tube; male sternite VIII without pore plate.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Phlaeothripinae genera. (1) Adraneothrips sp.; (2) Adurothrips atopus; (3) Apelaunothrips tasmani; (4) Apostlethrips pygus; (5) Apostlethrips apostus; (6) Asemothrips picturatus; (7) Azaleothrips lepidus, metanotum.