Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, And Desley J., 2009, Identification and host-plant associations of Australian Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 1983, pp. 1-22 : 21

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scientific name	Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday
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Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday View in CoL

( Figs 77–79 View FIGURES 67 – 79 )

Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday, 1836: 444 View in CoL

Introduced in 2001 for the biological control of the noxius weed, Ulex europaeus View in CoL , this Western European species is established in Tasmania and Victoria, and possibly also in South Australia ( Ireson et al., 2008). One of the darkest members of the Sericothripinae View in CoL in Australia, it is easily recognised from the structure of the metanotum and abdominal tergites ( Figs 77, 78 View FIGURES 67 – 79 ). Sternites IV–VII of males have a small circular (sometimes divided) glandular area medially.

References

Haliday, A. H. (1836) An epitome of the British genera, in the Order Thysanoptera, with indications of a few of the species. Entomological Magazine, 3, 439 - 451.

Ireson, J. E, Holloway, R. J. & Chatterton, W. S. (2008) Phenology and development of the gorse thrips, Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), a biological control agent for gorse, Ulex europeus L. (Fabaceae), in Tasmania. Biological Control, 45, 65 - 71.

Figures

FIGURES 67 – 79. Neohydatothrips plynopygus, N. poeta, N. samayunkur & Sericothrips staphylinus. (67 – 69) N. plynopygus, (67) Male sternites; (68) Antenna; (69) Meso & metanota. (70 – 72) N. poeta, (70) Head; (71) Metasternum; (72) Tergites. (73 – 76) N. samayunkur, (73) Female; (74) Head & pronotum; (75) Meso & metanota; (76) Sternites. (77 – 79) S. staphylinus, (77) Meso & metanota; (78) Tergites; (79) Larva II tergal setae.