Anaphothrips monga sp. n.

(Figs 109–113)

Female microptera. Body and legs brown to dark brown, all tarsi, apices of tibiae and median area of head paler; antennal segments I–II and V–IX brown, III–IV brownish-yellow. Head wider than long, with transverse sculpture behind eyes but none near ocelli (Fig. 109); ocelli reduced, ocellar setae III within or near anterior margins of triangle; eyes without pigmented facets. Antennae 9-segmented; III–IV with small forked sensorium; II without microtrichia; VI with base narrowed and weakly pedicellate (Fig. 111). Pronotum with transverse striae, but few small setae. Meso and metascutum transverse, campaniform sensilla present (Fig. 112). Fore wing lobe scarcely longer than metascutal length. Abdominal tergites I–VII with transverse sculpture lines medially, VIII almost without sculpture; VIII with posteromarginal comb of irregular, short and partially fused microtrichia, spiracles occupying half of lateral margin of tergite (Fig. 113); tergal setae S3 and S4 no longer than S1 and S2; setae on IX shorter than dorsal length of tergite X. Sternites with a few short microtrichia on sculpture lines laterally; setae S1 on VII close to posterior margin.

Measurements (holotype, in microns). Body length 980. Head, length 100; width across eyes 125. Pronotum, length 85; maximum width 165. Tergite IV S1 setae 7. Tergite IX, MD setae 10; PM S1 setae 40. Tergite X PM S1 setae 40. Antennal segments III–IX, 33, 25, 27, 27, 7, 7, 10.

Male microptera. Similar to female but smaller and paler; tergite IX with two pairs of short stout setae; sternites III–VII each with small, curved, weakly C-shaped pore plate (Fig. 110).

Specimens examined. Holotype female microptera, New South Wales, Monga, from Bursaria leaves (Pittosporaceae), 13.i.1999 (LAM 3660).

Paratypes: 2 females 1 male taken with holotype and larvae; New South Wales, Newcastle, Thornton, 4 females 4 males with no host data, 25.i.1995.

Comments. The micropterous adults of this species have unusually large spiracles on tergite VIII (Fig. 113). This character state occurs in several Australian Anaphothrips species, and is particularly obvious in the grass-living species A. moundi, A. varii and A. woodi.