Pseudanaphothrips, Karny, 1921

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2025, Species confusion in the Australian inflorescence-living genus Pseudanaphothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 5696 (3), pp. 425-436 : 428

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.3.7

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scientific name

Pseudanaphothrips
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Key to species of Pseudanaphothrips View in CoL

1. Pronotum with posteroangular setae scarcely longer than the other marginal and discal setae ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1–9 ); posteromarginal comb on tergite VIII with small median group of microtrichia and lateral thirds of margin with few microtrichia ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 27–34 )... achaetus View in CoL

-. Pronotum with 2 pairs of posteroangular setae more prominent than other setae ( Figs 5, 6 View FIGURES 1–9 ); tergite VIII comb developed fully across posterior margin, microtrichia sometimes evenly spaced but sometimes with median microtrichia forming a discrete closely spaced group ( Figs 25–34 View FIGURES 18–26 View FIGURES 27–34 )....................................................................... 2

2. Female abdominal tergite X long, at least 1.3 times as long as IX and at least 1.3 times as long as basal width ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 27–34 ).... 3

-. Female abdominal tergite X scarcely longer than IX and with length about equal to basal width ( Figs 32, 33 View FIGURES 27–34 )............. 4

3. Body and antennal segment I largely yellow, fore wings pale; abdominal segment X about 2.0 times as long as tergite IX ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 27–34 )........................................................................................... aureolus View in CoL

-. Body and antennal segment I uniformly brown, fore wings brown; abdominal segment X about 1.8 times as long as tergite IX ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 27–34 )..................................................................................... uniformis View in CoL

4. Metanotal median striae irregular posteromedially, almost reticulate in arrangement ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 18–26 )......................... 5

-. Metanotal median striae converging and close together posteromedially ( Figs 18, 19 View FIGURES 18–26 )............................... 6

5. Ocellar setae III as long as width of antennal segment I; pronotal am setae clearly longer than longest discal seta. araucariae View in CoL

-. Ocellar setae III shorter, no more than 0.6–0.8 as long as width of antennal segment I; pronotal am and pm setae all equally small....................................................................................... casuarinae View in CoL

6. Body yellow, antennal segment II yellow to brownish yellow, not darker than III; tergite VIII marginal comb with microtrichia uniformly spaced or with a few medially slightly converging ( Figs 30, 31 View FIGURES 27–34 )................................. frankstoni View in CoL

-. Body light to dark brown, paler when teneral, antennal segment II brown and darker than III; tergite VIII marginal comb with median group of microtrichia closely spaced ( Figs 32, 33 View FIGURES 27–34 )..................................................... 7

7. Antennal segments III–V largely yellow, sometimes also basal third of VI ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1–9 ).............................. parvus View in CoL

-. Antennal segment III yellow, but IV–V brown to dark brown ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 1–9 )........................................ querci View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Thysanoptera

Family

Thripidae

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