Psalidothrips taylori Mound & Walker, 1986

Wang, Jun, Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2019, Leaf-litter thrips of the genus Psalidothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from Australia, with fifteen new species, Zootaxa 4686 (1), pp. 53-73 : 65

Psalidothrips taylori Mound & Walker

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Psalidothrips taylori Mound & Walker, 1986: 76

In structure, this species is closely similar to cecryphalus described above, and shares with that species the presence of long median setae on several tergites, particularly VI–VIII. However, it lacks polygonal reticulation on the head between the eyes, the male has no fore tarsal tooth and the pore plate on sternite VIII of males is incomplete medially ( Fig. 29 ). The two species are equally widespread across Australia, and at a few localities they have been taken together. The holotype of taylori was collected from litter on Black Mountain , Canberra, but specimens have been seen from leaf litter at various localities in eastern New South Wales, including Norfolk Island , also southeastern Queensland , South Australia including Kangaroo Island , Tasmania and southwestern Western Australia. This species has also been taken in both North and South Islands of New Zealand .

Figures

FIGURES 19–37. Psalidothrips species. Mesopresternum 19–22 (19) gloriousi; (20) driesseni macroptera; (21) driesseni aptera; (22) howei. Male pore plate 23–30 (23) brittoni; (24) cecryphalus; (25) driesseni; (26) howei; (27) minantennus; (28) postlei; (29) taylori; (30) tritus. Antennae 31–37 (31) brittoni; (32) cecryphalus; (33) minantennus; (34) platetus; (35) trivius; (36) verus; (37) wellsae.