Nesothrips hemidiscus Mound, 1974 a: 71

(Fig. 66)

This species remains known from the original series of 8 females and 2 males taken at Mareeba in northern Queensland from dead Casuarina branches. The D-shaped pelta of this thrips is unique in Nesothrips .

Diagnosis. Macropterous; body, legs and antennae dark brown, pedicel of antennal segment III yellow; head slightly wider than long, postocellar setae small and arising behind ocelli, postocular setae long and dark; pronotum strongly transverse, with 5 pairs of major setae, aa close to ml setae; metanotal median setae long and stout; pelta D-shaped with no lateral lobes (Fig. 66); tergites II–VII with one pair of sigmoid wing-retaining setae, discal area with one pair of small setae medially and one pair laterally; tergite IX setae S1 short, no longer than basal width of tube, S2 and S3 more than 0.5 as long as tube.