Kranzithrips mareebai, Mound, Laurence A., 2011

Mound, Laurence A., 2011, Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia, Zootaxa 3064, pp. 1-40 : 21-22

Kranzithrips mareebai sp.n.

( Figs 47–51 )

Female macroptera. Body brown, legs paler with tibiae and tarsi almost yellow; antennal segments III–IV and basal half of V yellow, VI–VIII light brown; fore wing shaded medially and at base including clavus, but pale subbasally and on apical quarter. With the characters indicated above; ocellar setae pair III shorter than length of an ocellus, arising within the triangle; postocular setae minute, three setae in simple row close to margin of eye ( Fig. 51 ); tergite I reticulate, II–IV with decreasing amount of sculpture medially, V–VIII with no sculpture between median campaniform sensilla; sternal marginal setae small, median pair on VII arising just in front of margin.

Measurements (holotype female in microns). Body length 1420. Head length 80; width across eyes 110; ocellar setae III 8. Pronotum, length 140; maximum width 180; pa inner setae 30; pa outer setae 40. Fore wing length 600. Metanotal median setae 12. Tergite IX, median dorsal setae 40; setae S1 70; S2 95. Tergite X setae S1 75. Antennal segments III–VIII length 38, 32, 43, 45, 12, 15.

Male macroptera. Similar to female except sternites with broad pore plate; tergite IX median setae very stout, apparently fused together ( Fig. 50 ).

Measurements (paratype male in microns). Body length 1150. Tergite IX median setae 50.

Material studied. Holotype female, Queensland, between Mareeba and Kuranda, in grass tussock, 26.viii.2004 (B.Kranz 928b).

Paratypes, 2 females, 1 male collected with holotype.

Figures

FIGURES 46 – 51. Grass living Thripinae. (46) Karphothrips dugdalei, tergites VII – IX. Kranzithrips mareebai 47 – 51: (47) tergites VII – IX; (48) meso & metanota; (49) sternites V – VI; (50) male tergites VII – IX; (51) head & pronotum.