Anaphothrips geleznowiae, Mound & Masumoto, 2009

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 : 36-37

Anaphothrips geleznowiae sp. n.

( Figs 86–87 , 92 )

Female macroptera. Body, antennae and legs light brown, antennal segments I and III paler; fore wings weakly shaded; major setae on abdomen pale brown. Head slightly wider than long, with transverse anastomosing striae behind eyes ( Fig. 92 ); eyes with 6 pigmented facets; ocellar setae III variable in position within triangle. Antennae 9-segmented, III–IV with slender forked sensorium; II without microtrichia; VI short, constricted at base but not pedicellate, suture oblique between VI–VII; IX longer than VIII ( Fig. 86 ). Pronotum transverse, almost without sculpture medially. Metascutum reticulate, median setae not close to anterior margin, MCS present. Fore wing first vein setae irregular, about 8 setae basally, 2 medially and 2 distally; second vein with 12–14 setae including 1–2 basal to vein fork; clavus with 5–7 veinal setae and one at base. Abdominal tergites II–VIII with no sculpture medially; lateral sculpture lines with small microtrichia, not extending mesad of S2; posterior margin of VIII with about 10 microtrichia on median third but none laterally ( Fig. 87 ). Sternites laterally with similar lines of sculpture to tergites.

Measurements (holotype, in microns). Body length 1420. Head, length 115; width across eyes 160. Pronotum, length 115; maximum width 185. Fore wing, length 700; median width 60; first vein longest seta in basal row 15. Tergite IV S1 setae 10. Tergite IX, MD setae 10; PM S1 setae 95. Tergite X PM S1 setae 85. Antennal segments III–IX, 43, 32, 35, 35, 10, 7, 12.

Male macroptera. Smaller and paler than female; tergite VIII comb apparently absent; IX with two pairs of short stout setae; sternites III–VII each with faint C-shaped pore plate.

Specimens examined. Holotype female, Western Australia, West Binnu, 80km north-east of Geraldton, from Geleznowia verrucosa flowers ( Rutaceae ), 4.viii.1998 (A. Szitas).

Paratypes: 5 females 3 males taken with holotype. Intercepted at Narita Airport, Japan , 2 females, 2 males from cut-flowers of Geleznowia imported from Australia , 23.vii.2001 (H. Kitamura, plant quarantine, Japan) .

Comments. The holotype and associated specimens have been remounted into Canada balsam from Hoyers Mountant , and are thus not entirely satisfactory. However, the form of the comb on tergite VIII in females is not found in any other species, although the presence in males of large C-shaped pore plates and two pairs of stout setae medially on tergite IX occurs in some other Australian species considered here .

Figures

FIGURES 83–91. Anaphothrips of Australia. A. exocarpoides 83–85: (83) meso & metanotum; (84) tergites VI–VIII; (85) sternites VI–VII. A. geleznowiae 86–87: (86) antenna; (87) tergites VII–VIII. A. geijerae 88–91: (88) antenna; (89) tergites VI–VIII; (90) clavus with meso & metanotum; (91) head & pronotum.

FIGURES 92–99. Anaphothrips of Australia. (92) A. geleznowiae head & pronotum. A. gillespiei 93–99: (93) male tergite IX; (94) meso & metanotum; (95) forewing base; (96) head & pronotum; (97) antenna; (98) tergites VII–VIII; (99) male sternites.