Acallurothrips nogutii (Kurosawa)

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2021, Tubuliferous Thysanoptera inAustralia with an enlarged tenth abdominal segment (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), including six new species, Zootaxa 4951 (1), pp. 167-181 : 171

Acallurothrips nogutii (Kurosawa)

( Figs 2 , 14 , 24, 32 )

Acallurothrips nogutii Kurosawa, 1932: 234 .

Full descriptions of this species from Japan were given by Okajima (1993; 2006), who recorded it from Honshu and the associated Izu Islands. The species has been found widely in rainforest areas of eastern Queensland, between Cairns and Cooloola, and two specimens have been studied from Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. It is closely similar in colour and structure to the new species darumbali and yagara described here from Australia, apart from the very small SB2 setae on tergite IX of females (this seta absent in males), and one long sub-basal seta on the fore wing. In these character states it is similar to the new species erubi , but has the tube far less “heavy”, with the margins less convex and almost straight ( Fig. 2 ).

Specimens studied. Japan, Izu Islands , 1 female from dead branches, 27.x.1985 . Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 1 female, 1 male by insecticide fogging of forest trees, xi.2010 . Australia, Queensland, by spraying tree bark with insecticide: Emmagen Creek , 2 females, 2 males, 29.v.2012 ; Byfield N.P., 4 females, 21.vii.2010 ; Cooloola , 1 male, 4.ii.2013 ; Robinsons Creek , 1 female, 14.xi.2014 ; Millaa Millaa, Downey Creek , 8 females, 7 males, 7.xii.1988 ; Windsor Tableland , 2 females, 4 males, 27.xii.1988 .

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FIGURES 1‒13. Abdominal segment X variation in shape. Acallurothrips species 1‒4: (1) darumbali sp.n; (2) nogutti; (3) yagara sp.n; (4) erubi sp.n. Neosmerithothrips species 5‒6: (5) barrowi sp.n; (6) turrbali sp.n. (7) Ozothrips meanjini sp.n. Pygothrips species 8‒10: (8) vicinus paratype; (9) rugicauda male; (10) rugicauda female. (11 a, b) Acallurothrips tergites VIII‒X to show setae SB1 and SB2 (from Okajima 1993). (12) Pygothrips rugicauda holotype tergite X dorsal and lateral views (from Hood 1915). (13) Pygothrips pygus tergites IX‒X (from Mound 1974a).

FIGURES 14‒22. Heads of Acallurothrips. Neosmerinthothrips, Ozothrips and Pygothrips species. (14) A. nogutti. (15) A. erubi sp.n. (16) A.darumbali sp.n. (17) N.barrowi sp.n. (18) N.turrbali sp.n. (19) O. meanjini sp.n. (20) P. pygus. (21) P. shavianus. (22) P. rugicauda.

FIGURES 23‒33. Species of Acallurothrips. Neosmerinthothrips, Ozothrips and Pygothrips. Antennae 23‒30: (23) A. darumbali sp.n. (24) A. nogutti. (25) A. erubi sp.n. (26) A. yagara sp.n. (27) N. barrowi sp.n. (28) N. turrbali sp.n. (29) O. meanjini sp.n. (30) P. pygus. Mouth cone & mesopresternum 31-33: (31) A. yagara sp.n. (32) A. nogutti. (33) O. meanjini sp.n.