Podothrips anomalus, Mound & Minaei, 2007

Mound, Laurence A. & Minaei, Kambiz, 2007, Australian thrips of the Haplothrips lineage (Insecta: Thysanoptera), Journal of Natural History 41 (45 - 48), pp. 2919-2978 : 2967-2969

Podothrips anomalus sp. nov.

Female macroptera. Bicoloured, head, thorax, and abdominal segments IV–X brown, I light brown, II yellow, III yellow with brown median area; antennal segments I and most of II brown, remaining segments yellow but VIII a little darker; tibiae and tarsi yellow, fore femora yellowish brown, mid and hind femora brown with base sometimes paler. Structure typical of group; major setae all capitate except S2 on abdominal segment VII, also S1 and

Figures 66–72. Podothrips species. (66) P. australis . (67) P. anomalus . (68) P. xanthopus . (69) P. moundi . (70) P. ritchiei . (71) P. websteri . (72) P. barrowi .

S2 on IX; antennal segment III relatively short with sensoria small; fore wing sub-basal seta S3 weakly capitate.

Measurements of holotype female (in M m). Body length 2130. Head, length 206; median width 144; postocular setae 26. Pronotum, length 172; width 256; major setae am 2, aa 18, ml 3, epim 38, pa 38. Fore wing length 710; sub-basal setae 14, 20, 28. Tergite IX setae S1 125, S2 134, S3 100. Tube length 124; basal width 58; anal setae 190. Antennal segments III–VIII length 46, 48, 44, 35, 44, 26.

Material examined

Holotype ♀ macroptera: Western Australia, Kununurra, from Echinochloa , 22 February 2005 (LAM 4556). Paratypes: Kununurra, Packsaddle, from grasses, 1♀, 2 „, 24 February 2005, 1♀, 3 „, 25 February 2005; Broome, 1♀, 2 „ from grasses, 28 February 2005; 20 km E of Broome, 1♀ from Cenchrus setiger (Poaceae) , 1 March 2005.

Non-paratypes: Western Australia, Barrow Island , 1♀, April / May 2005 ; Northern Territory, Humpty Doo , 1 „ from grass, 24 December 1996 ; Queensland, Mareeba , 1♀ from grass tussock, 26 July 2004 ; Townsville , 1♀, 1 „ from grasses, 13 July 1995, 1♀ from Salicornia , 16 July 1995; Charters Towers, 1 „ from grasses, 3 July 1995 ; Paluma , 1♀ from grasses, 15 July 1995 .

Comments

Specimens in the type series from Kununurra and Broome vary little in colour or structure. Moreover , in all of the specimens listed the setal form is constant, except that in some of the non-paratypic specimens the fore wing sub-basal seta S3 is acute. The female from Barrow Island has yellow femora and abdominal segment IV is yellow with a brown median area. Among the specimens from Queensland, the colour of the mid and hind femora varies from brown, to bicoloured, to yellow, and abdominal segment IV is yellow in some of these specimens. This probably represents a single widespread species across northern Australia, with an east–west variation in colour pattern .