Teuchothrips acripilus (Karny)

Mound, Laurence A., 2008, Identification and host associations of some Thysanoptera Phlaeothripinae described from Australia pre- 1930, Zootaxa 1714, pp. 41-60 : 47

Teuchothrips acripilus (Karny)

Horistothrips acripilus Karny, 1920: 39

Teuchothrips acripilus (Karny) ; Mound & Houston, 1987: 17

Described in a key, this species is known only from a single female without antennae. It was collected at Malanda, northern Queensland, between 1910 and 1913. The maxillary stylets are scarcely 0.1 of the head width apart, and the mouth cone is long and pointed, extending between the fore coxae to the mesopraesternum that is very slender medially. The fore tarsi apparently lack a tooth, and the metanotum is more closely striate than in any other similar-looking species ( Fig. 12 ). The forewing is shaded throughout its length with the sub-basal setae arising in a straight line, and there about seven duplicated cilia. The major setae on the head and pronotum are long and light brown ( Figs 10–11 ), the epimeral and posteroangular setae being more than 0.6 as long as the pronotum.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 16. Teuchothrips species. T. acripilus holotype 10 – 12: (10) Head; (11) Pronotum; (12) Metanotum & pelta. T. badiipennis 13 – 14: (13) Antenna; (14) Female head & thorax. (15) T. ater forewing sub-basal setae. (16) T. burroughsi head & pronotum.