Anaphothrips swezeyi Moulton, 1928

Mound, Laurence A. & Masumoto, Masami, 2009, Australian Thripinae of the Anaphothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera), with three new genera and thirty-three new species, Zootaxa 2042 (1), pp. 1-76 : 53

Anaphothrips swezeyi Moulton

( Figs 143–146 )

Anaphothrips swezeyi Moulton, 1928: 107

Described from Hawaii on sugar cane, and recorded from New Caledonia, this slender-bodied species with slightly shaded wings appears to be widespread in the coastal regions of Queensland (Mound & Tree, 2007). It is a typical grass-living member of the genus, similar in structure to A. sudanensis , but antennal segment VI sometimes has a partial suture ( Fig. 144 ).

Female macroptera. Body and legs yellow; antennal segments I–III mainly yellow, IV brown with basal third yellow, V–VIII brown; fore wings pale, basal third and posterior margin shaded, scale shaded; body setae pale. Head slender, as long as wide, slightly produced in front of eyes; eyes with 6 pigmented facets; ocellar setae III anterolateral to hind ocelli. Antennae 8-segmented (rarely with weak incomplete suture in apical third), III–IV with small forked sensorium, II without microtrichia, IV–VI pedicellate, sometimes VI ventrally with partial transverse suture ( Fig. 144 ). Pronotum with faint anastomosing striae. Metascutum with large irregular reticulation, without internal wrinkles; median setae near anterior margin; MCS absent. Fore wing first vein with about 6 setae on basal half, 1 seta at middle, 2 setae distally; second vein with 7–10 setae, sometimes with one seta just basal to vein fork; clavus with 4 veinal setae and one basal seta. Abdominal tergites without microtrichia on sculpture lines, but with small dentate microtrichia on posterior margins laterally; tergites II–VIII with sculpture not extending mesad of S2 setae; tergal setae S1 small, wide apart; VIII posteromarginal comb long and fine ( Fig. 143 ).

Male macroptera. Similar to female; tergite VIII with long comb; IX with 2 pairs of short stout setae medially ( Fig. 146 ); sternites III–VII with large C-shaped pore plate ( Fig. 145 ).

Figures

FIGURES 140–147. Anaphothrips of Australia. A. sudanensis 140–142: (140) head; (141) male sternites; (142) tergites VII–VIII. A. swezeyi 143–146: (143) tergites VII–VIII; (144) antenna; (145) male sternites; (146) male tergites VIII–IX. (147) A. varii head.