Key to Dendrothrips species from Australia

1. Body and antennal segments I–II almost entirely white, female with head dark brown dorsally but white ventrally (Fig. 15)............................................................................................ viticola sp.n.

-. Body never white, at least antennal segment II and pterothorax brown, if abdomen pale then with small dark spots on tergites..................................................................................................... 2

2. Head with ocellar region reticulate (Fig. 20)............................................................... 3

-. Head with ocellar region lacking distinct reticulation......................................................... 4

3. Fore wing largely pale with three weak transverse darker markings.......................................... glynn

-. Fore wing extensively dark but with basal fifth sharply pale............................................. williamsi

4. Fore wing clavus uniformly brown (Fig. 8)................................................................. 5

-. Fore wing clavus mainly pale, with either base or apex brown.................................................. 6

5. Antennal segment III almost as pale as IV and V; pronotal reticles delimited by pale, flange-like ridges (cf. Fig. 18)..................................................................................................... diaspora

-. Antennal segment III dark brown, in contrast to yellow IV and V; pronotal reticles delimited by bold sculpture lines (Fig. 5)........................................................................................... julatteni sp.n.

6. Clavus pale with base dark, fore wing uniformly deeply shaded with base sharply pale; pronotum transverse reticles with inter- nal markings..................................................................................... howei

-. Clavus pale with only apex dark, fore wing not deeply shaded; pronotum without (or with weak) markings between lines of sculpture........................................................................................... 7

7. Fore wing pale, with several small darker markings; ocellar triangle with finely tuberculate sculpture (Fig. 9); antennae7-seg- mented, segments III–IV much paler than V–VI (Fig. 11)........................................... notelaea sp.n.

-. Fore wing weakly but uniformly shaded with base slightly paler; ocellar triangle sculptured with weak irregular lines (Fig. 18); antennae 9-segmented, segments III–VI uniformly light brown (Fig. 16)............................... victoriae sp.n.