Mesandrothrips kurandae, Mound & Tree, 2019

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2019, Rediagnoses of the Asian genera Xylaplothrips and Mesandrothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae, Haplothripini), with keys to Australian species, Zootaxa 4613 (2), pp. 327-341 : 335

Mesandrothrips kurandae sp.n.

( Figs 13 , 25)

Female macroptera. Body and femora dark brown, tarsi yellow, tibiae mainly yellow or faintly washed with light brown; antennal segments uniformly brown except III clear yellow; major setae on head and pronotum dark; major setae on abdomen and fore wing pale; fore wing weakly shaded, particularly just basal to median constriction, hind wing with longitudinal dark line. Antennal segments III and IV with sense cones shorter than segment width. Head with cheeks convex, narrowed to base; postocular setae capitate, arising lateral to mid-point of eyes; maxillary stylets retracted to postocular setae, wide apart with distinct maxillary bridge. Pronotum with 5 pairs of capitate major setae ( Fig. 25 ). Mesonotal lateral setae capitate; metanotal median setae finely pointed; mesopresternum broadly transverse. Fore tarsus with tooth. Fore wing with about 7 duplicated cilia; sub-basal setae long and capitate. Pelta broadly triangular; tergites III–VI with major setal pairs S1 and S2 capitate, but S2 on VII–IX finely acute, S1 on IX bluntly pointed.

Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 1650. Head, length 170;width across cheeks 145; postocular setae 35. Pronotum, length 110; width 185;major setae, am 25, aa 25, ml 35, epim 40,pa 35.Fore wing length 650; sub-basal setae 40, 40, 55. Tergite IV posteromarginal setae S1 65, S2 45. Tergite IX setae S1 75; S2 90. Tube length, 115;basal width 45. Antennal segments III–VIII length 45, 45, 45, 40, 35, 30.

Material studied. Holotype female, Australia, Queensland, Julatten, Mt. Malloy , from dead twigs and leaves, 4.vii.1995 ( LAM 2713 ), in ANIC.

Paratype female, Queensland, Kuranda , from dead leaves, 4.xi.2008 (in ANIC) .

Comments. This species is very similar in structure to pictipes , but is distinguished by the sharply yellow colour of the third antennal segment ( Fig. 13 ).

Figures

FIGURES 9–18. Mesandrothrips species.Antennae 9–14: (9) austrosteensia; (10) clavipes; (11) googongi; (12) inquilinus; (13) kurandae; (14) lamingtoni; (15) oleariae; (16) pictipes. (17) googongi male aedeagus. (18) darci antennal segments II–V.

FIGURES 19–25. Mesandrothrips species. austrosteensia 19–20: (19) head & pronotum; (20) meso & metanota, pelta and tergite II. (21) googongi head & pronotum. (22) lamingtoni head & pronotum. (23) oleariae head & pronotum. (24) pictipes head, thorax & pelta. (25) kurandae pronotum.