Teuchothrips froggatti (Bagnall)

Mound, Laurence A., 2008, Identification and host associations of some Thysanoptera Phlaeothripinae described from Australia pre- 1930, Zootaxa 1714, pp. 41-60 : 51

Teuchothrips froggatti (Bagnall)

Mesothrips froggatti Bagnall, 1924: 637

This species remains known only from the original specimens, collected by W.W. Froggatt near Sydney in 1893 from the terminal buds of a Callistemon species. All of the specimens lack antennae, but the maxillary stylets are exceptionally long and close together ( Fig. 23 ), and the mouth cone is broadly rounded. However, the difference in shape of the mouth cone between the available specimens of acripilus , clavipilus and froggatti could be related to differences in slide preparation methods. In froggatti the postocular and four pairs of pronotal setae are unusually long and pale, but in both sexes the pronotal anteromarginal setae are scarcely longer than the discal setae. The fore tarsal tooth is well developed and acute in both sexes, and one available female has the fore femora swollen, much larger than one available male. In the female, abdominal tergite IX setae S1 have finely acute apices, and setae S2 of the male are short and acute. The male apparently lacks a glandular area on the eighth sternite.

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 28. Teuchothrips and Neocecidothrips species. (23) T. froggatti head & thorax. T. simplicipennis 24 – 25: (24) Head & pronotum; (25) Antenna. N. bursariae 26 – 28: (26) Antenna; (27) Head & thorax; (28) Male sternite VIII.