Podothrips moundi Ritchie, 1974

Mound, Laurence A. & Minaei, Kambiz, 2007, Australian thrips of the Haplothrips lineage (Insecta: Thysanoptera), Journal of Natural History 41 (45 - 48), pp. 2919-2978 : 2971

Podothrips moundi Ritchie

Podothrips moundi Ritchie 1974, p 274 .

Described from Port Moresby, New Guinea, this species is here recorded from Australia based on specimens taken at several sites near Darwin and Kakadu in Northern Territory, and also from 15 km east of Broome in Western Australia. The postocular and pronotal posteroangular setae are capitate in the type specimens, but vary in the Australian specimens, both pairs of setae sometimes being acute. The legs are generally yellow (Figure 69), but the hind femora are sometimes shaded brown .

Podothrips orion Ritchie

Podothrips orion Ritchie 1974, p 277 .

This is the only member of the Australian lineage within Podothrips that is uniformly brown with brown legs. Despite the colour, it is similar in structure to the other species, with the major setae all capitate except for those on tergite IX, and the fore tibia with a sub-apical setalbearing tubercle. It is known only from the dry areas of South Australia near Port Augusta.