Pandorathrips ascius, Mound & Masumoto, 2009

Mound, Laurence A. & Masumoto, Masami, 2009, Australian Thripinae of the Anaphothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera), with three new genera and thirty-three new species, Zootaxa 2042 (1), pp. 1-76 : 72

Pandorathrips ascius sp. n.

(Figs 211–216)

Female macroptera. Body and legs brownish yellow, pronotum with brown area medially; antennal segments I–III pale, VI–VIII brown; fore wings pale but very weakly shaded in basal half. Pronotum with transverse anastomosing striae. Mesonotum with transverse anastomosing striae; median pair of setae far from posterior margin. Fore wing with costal setae short; first vein with 7 setae near base, 1 seta at middle, 2 setae near apex; second vein with about 9 setae.

Measurements (holotype, in microns). Body length 1050. Head, length 70; width across eyes 140. Pronotum, length 110; maximum width 165. Fore wing, length 480; first vein longest seta in basal row 13. Tergite IV S1 setae 10. Tergite IX, MD setae 35; PM S1 setae 45. Tergite X PM S1 setae 50. Antennal segments III–VIII, 37, 30, 27, 37, 10, 15.

Male macroptera. Similar to female, including comb on tergite VIII; tergite IX with 4 slender setae.

Specimens examined. Holotype female macroptera, New South Wales, Jamberoo Mt Road [15km west of Kiama], from Pandorea vine young leaves, 3.xi.2002 ( LAM 4210 ).

Paratypes: 14 females 4 males, taken with holotype; same locality and date , 1 female 2 males, from Morinda vines, 1 female from Cissus antarctica ; Taree, Breakneck Hill, 13 females 2 males from Indigofera , 14.iv.2002. Queensland, Brisbane , Indooroopilly , 1 female, 27.ix.1998; Mt Glorious , 1 female from Cyathea frond, 13.x.2006; Lamington , O’Reilly’s , 2 females from Solanum flowers, 11.x.2006. Northern Territory, Standley Chasm , 5 females 3 males from Pandorea doratoxylon vine, 31.x and 1.xi.1999; Jabiru , 16 females 2 males from Livistona humilis flowers, 22.xii.1996.

Comments. This species appears to be associated with leaves of various vines in the genus Pandorea (Bignoniaceae) .