Bamboosiella cingulata (Hood)

(Figs 3, 30, 48)

Zygothrips cingulata Hood, 1919: 80 .

Watsoniella latiaureus Girault, 1927: 1 .

Haplothrips (Hindsiana) sakimurai Moulton, 1937: 413 . Antillothrips graminatus Stannard, 1957: 36 .

Xenothrips opacus Ananthakrishnan & Kudo, 1974: 117 .

This species was originally described from Queensland, Australia, and the four synonyms, W. latiaureus, H. sakimurai, A. graminatus and X. opacus, were from Queensland (Australia), Hawaii (USA), Florida (USA) and Bangkok (Thailand) respectively. Okajima (1995a) was responsible for the new combination, Bamboosiella cingulata, based on a few specimens including three females from Taiwan that are the only specimens of cingulata known from China so far.

Material studied. AUSTRALIA, Queensland: 1 female from grass tussock, 25.viii.2004, B. Kranz; 1 female from Ipomoea & Passiflora, 18.xi.2009, A. Wells; 1 female from Leptochloa, 16.xi.2009, L.A. Mound; 1 female from Lepturus, 16.vi.2010; 1 female from grass, 13.xii.1995, L.A. Mound; Northern Territory: 2 females from grasses, 24.xii & 2.i.1996, L.A. Mound. NEW CALEDONIA, 1 female from grass, 21.xii.1998, L.A. Mound; 1 female from Oryza & Crotalaria, 16.iv.2012, L.A. Mound.

Distribution. China (Taiwan), Thailand, Japan, the United States, Australia, New Caledonia.