Paracholeothrips validus Moulton, 1968

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2025, Intra-generic diversity in Paracholeothrips, an Australian genus of domicilebuilding phlaeothripine Thysanoptera on Acacia phyllodes, Zootaxa 5719 (1), pp. 139-145 : 144

Paracholeothrips validus Moulton

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Paracholeothrips validus Moulton, 1968: 111

Based on two females taken in the Great Victoria Desert, probably at one of the stations on the East-West railway, this species has also been seen from two sites in Western Australia, about 250 km and about 480 km northeast of Perth. At the first of these sites, it was taken from tied phyllodes of an unidentified Acacia species. Four further specimens were taken in central-western New South Wales at Wilcannia. It is one of three species in this genus with unusually long postocular setae, but it is unique in having antennal segment III with two sense cones on the external apex .

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Paracholeothrips species: Head & pronotum. (1) gracilis; (2) morrisi; (3) phillipsi; (4) validus; (5) mulgae; (6) phillipsi.

FIGURES 7–12. Paracholeothrips species: Ferna of prosternum. (7) clavisetae; (8) gracilis; (9) morrisi; (10) mulgae; (11) phillipsi; (12) validus.

FIGURES 13–21. Paracholeothrips species. (13) morrisi antenna;(14) phillipsi antenna;(15) morrisi meso and meta nota & pelta; (16) phillipsi meso and meta nota; (17) validus meso and meta nota & pelta; (18) phillipsi pelta; (19) phillipsi metathoracic sternopleural sutures; (20) phillipsi fore tibia & tarsus; (21) phillipsi abdominal segments IX–X and fustis.