Cartomothrips manukae Stannard, 1962

Mound, Laurence A. & Walker, Annette K., 2012, The Australia-New Zealand connection re-visited, with two new species of Cartomothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 3487, pp. 58-64 : 63

Cartomothrips manukae Stannard, 1962

This species was described as a New Zealand species, where it is recorded widely across both North and South Islands ( Mound & Walker 1986) in association with Leptospermum scoparium , Kunzea ericoides and Metrosideros perforata . In Australia, it has been taken in large numbers in the seed capsules of L. scoparium (also L. nitida ) in both northwest and southern Tasmania, but only a single female has been studied from the Australian mainland, taken in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. The lateral setae on the abdomen are longer than in any other species of the genus, and setae S2 on tergite IX of males are exceptionally long.