Mesandrothrips darci (Girault) Mound & Tree, 2019

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2019, Rediagnoses of the Asian genera Xylaplothrips and Mesandrothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae, Haplothripini), with keys to Australian species, Zootaxa 4613 (2), pp. 327-341 : 333-334

Mesandrothrips darci (Girault) comb.n.

( Figs 6 , 18 )

Haplothrips darci Girault, 1930: 1 . Described from a single female taken near Brisbane ( Pitkin 1973), no further specimens of this species have been found. Antennal segment III of this holotype is unusually short ( Fig. 18 ), segments IV–VI are scarcely paler at the base, and the mesopresternum is fully divided into lateral triangles ( Fig. 6 ). Apart from these states, this specimen is very similar to specimens of M. inquilinus .

Material studied. Australia, Queensland, Indooroopilly , holotype female of darci , in window, iv.1930 (in QM) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Xylaplothrips and Mesandrothrips. X. anarsius 1–4: (1) head & pronotum; (2) antenna; (3) meso & metanota, pelta and tergite II; (4) prosternum. (5) M. austrosteensia fore leg. (6) M. darci, prosternum. (7) M. googongi prosternum. (8) M. clavipes prosternum.

FIGURES 9–18. Mesandrothrips species.Antennae 9–14: (9) austrosteensia; (10) clavipes; (11) googongi; (12) inquilinus; (13) kurandae; (14) lamingtoni; (15) oleariae; (16) pictipes. (17) googongi male aedeagus. (18) darci antennal segments II–V.