Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, And Desley J., 2009, Identification and host-plant associations of Australian Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 1983, pp. 1-22 : 21

Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday

( Figs 77–79 )

Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday, 1836: 444

Introduced in 2001 for the biological control of the noxius weed, Ulex europaeus , this Western European species is established in Tasmania and Victoria, and possibly also in South Australia ( Ireson et al., 2008). One of the darkest members of the Sericothripinae in Australia, it is easily recognised from the structure of the metanotum and abdominal tergites ( Figs 77, 78 ). Sternites IV–VII of males have a small circular (sometimes divided) glandular area medially.

Figures

FIGURES 67 – 79. Neohydatothrips plynopygus, N. poeta, N. samayunkur & Sericothrips staphylinus. (67 – 69) N. plynopygus, (67) Male sternites; (68) Antenna; (69) Meso & metanota. (70 – 72) N. poeta, (70) Head; (71) Metasternum; (72) Tergites. (73 – 76) N. samayunkur, (73) Female; (74) Head & pronotum; (75) Meso & metanota; (76) Sternites. (77 – 79) S. staphylinus, (77) Meso & metanota; (78) Tergites; (79) Larva II tergal setae.