Anaphothrips keatsi (Girault)

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 : 42

Anaphothrips keatsi (Girault)

Heterothrips Keatsi Girault, 1926: 2

The only known specimens of this species are the five syntypes, mounted under one coverslip ( Fig. 1 ), with the following data: Queensland , Morningside, from Hibbertia stricta blossoms, 1.xi.1925 (QM) .

As indicated by Pitkin (1978) few details are visible on these specimens. On one female the posteromarginal comb on tergite VIII can be seen to be represented by a few slender teeth laterally with none medially. Although this character state is shared with the new species, pultenaea, the antennae of the keatsi syntypes are paler. Unfortunately, in the males it is not possible to determine the shape of any sternal pore plates, nor the number of sternites on which they might exist. The identity of this species will remain obscure until fresh specimens can be found in the vicinity of the original locality .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Type slides of some Thysanoptera described by A.A.Girault.