Phaulothrips sibylla Mound

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2013, Australian spore-feeding thrips of the genus Phaulothrips (Thysanoptera, Idolothripinae), Zootaxa 3608 (4), pp. 239-252 : 251

Phaulothrips sibylla Mound

Phaulothrips sibylla Mound, 1974: 84

The original two specimens from which this species was described were macropterous females. These came from two sites in Queensland; the holotype from 120km south of Gladstone, and the paratype from Mt Tamborine. The micropterae mentioned with that original description are described here as a new species, kranzae . More recently, micropterae of both sexes of sibylla have been collected, as listed below, but no further macropterae have been seen. The micropterae are very similar to the holotype, with a large pelta bearing very small lateral lobes ( Fig. 14 ). The pre-ocellar setae arise on tubercles, but these are smaller than those of kranzae . Micropterae of both sexes have been taken on several dates at Brisbane, The Gap, and also at Kuranda in northern Queensland.

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FIGURES 11 – 20. Australian species of Phaulothrips. (11) flindersi, pelta; (12) inquilinus, pelta; (13) oakeyi, pelta; (14) sibylla, pelta; (15) agrestis, head; (16) inquilinus, pre-ocellar tubercles; (17) kingae, pre-ocellar tubercles; (18) kranzae, preocellar tubercles; (19) whyallae, pre-ocellar tubercles; (20) vuilleti, pre-ocellar seta;