Anaphothrips moundi Pitkin, 1978

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 : 44

Anaphothrips moundi Pitkin

( Figs 114–116 )

Anaphothrips moundi Pitkin, 1978: 362

The significance of this grass-living species remains in doubt, and it is possibly merely the apterous form of A. varii . The shape of antennal segment VI, sharply constricted to a pedicel, the shape of the pedicel of antennal segment III, the lack of microtrichia on antennal segments II–III, the greatly enlarged spiracles on both tergite VIII and the mesothorax, all suggest this. Moreover, these apterous females are very similar to those of A. woodi (q.v.).

Female aptera. Body, legs and antennal segments I–III yellow, IV–IX brown to dark brown. Head reticulate; eyes without pigmented facets or these only weakly indicated; ocellar setae III variable in position. Antennae 9-segmented; sensorium simple on III, forked on IV; II without microtrichia (frequently also III); IV–VI pedicellate ( Fig. 116 ). Pronotum sculptured. Mesonotum and metascutum transverse, MCS present, number and positions of setae variable. Abdominal tergites transversely reticulate medially, posterolateral margins with row of minute tubercles; tergal setal pair S4 arising at margin; VIII with irregular, narrow craspedum of small lobes or teeth, spiracles occupying more than half of lateral margins ( Fig. 115 ); tergal setae S3 and S4 no longer than S1 and S2; sternite VII setae S1 close to posterior margin.

Male aptera. Similar to female; tergite IX with 2 pairs of short stout setae medially; sternites III–VIII with very large C-shaped pore plate that is fragmented ( Fig. 114 ).

Specimens examined. Holotype female aptera, New South Wales, Mt Kosciuszko , on sedges, 8.ii.1968 ( LAM480 ) . Paratype female aptera, A.C. T., grasses by Lake Burley Griffin , 3.ii.1968 .

Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Black Mtn, CSIRO Entomology , 27 females 11 males with larvae from lawn grasses, 16.xi–5.xii. 2001 . Lord Howe Island , 1 female from Trophis leaves, 21.xii.2001 .

Figures

FIGURES 114–119. Anaphothrips of Australia. A. moundi 114–116: (114) male sternites; (115) tergites VIII–IX; (116) antenna. A. nimbus 117–119: (117) tergites VII–VIII; (118) head; (119) antenna.