Hoplandrothrips
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
name: Tree, Desley J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Hoplandrothrips

description: Key to Hoplandrothrips species from Australia
(excluding leai q.v.)
1. Anterior area of metanotum with at least one pair of small discal setae (Figs 16, 19)................................. 2
-. Anterior discal area of metanotum with no setae apart from the median major pair (Figs 4, 13)........................ 6
2. Antennal segment III with only 2 sensoria; pronotal ml setae minute; mesopresternum incomplete medially, forming pair of lateral triangles; pelta broad, about twice as wide as long (Fig. 16); male sternite VIII with small circular pore plate................................................................................................ hemiflavus sp.n.
-. Antennal segment III with 3 sensoria; pronotal ml setae well-developed; mesopresternum usually complete and transverse in both sexes; pelta more elongate; male sternite VIII with broadly transverse pore plate................................ 3
3. Mid and hind tibiae yellow in sharp contrast to brown femora....................................... xanthocnemis
-. Mid and hind tibiae not sharply different in colour from femora, mainly brown.................................... 4
4. Antennal segment III with prominent ring-like ridge near base (Fig. 7); antennal segment VIII not constricted at base................................................................................................ coorongi sp.n.
-. Antennal segment III without a ring-like ridge near base; antennal segment VIII more or less constricted at base.......... 5
5. Body, mid and hind legs uniformly brown......................................................... howei sp.n.
-. Pronotum yellow, head brown with paired pale longitudinal stripes laterally (Figs 17, 18)................... hylaius sp.n.
6. Antennal segment IV with 3 stout sensoria; VIII broad at base; male sternite VIII with pore plate...................... 7
-. Antennal segment IV with 4 slender sensoria; VIII often narrowed to base; male pore plate present or absent............. 8
7. Macropterae; hind tibiae brown but tarsi yellow; male sternite VIII with transverse pore plate................. tareei sp.n.
-. Known only from male micropterae (Figs 22, 25); hind tibiae and tarsi yellow; male sternite VIII medially with small, circular pore plate i....................................................................................bisci sp.n.
8. Antennal segment III with 4 exceptionally broadly based sensoria; hind tibiae yellow; male sternite VIII with no pore plate................................................................................................. flavipes
-. Antennal segment III with 3 (or 2) slender sensoria; other characters various...................................... 9
9. Metanotum with closely spaced prominent longitudinal striae (Figs 5, 14)........................................ 10
-. Metanotum weakly sculptured or reticulate (Figs 6, 13)..................................................... 11
10. Pronotum almost smooth (Fig. 2); postocular setae arise behind inner margin of eye (Fig. 2); antennal segment yellow at base but brown in distal half........................................................................ bartlei sp.n.
-. Pronotum with complex sculpture (Fig. 11); postocular setae arise behind mid-point of eye (Fig. 11); antennal segment III clear yellow, IV–V dark brown..................................................................... gloriosi sp.n.
11. Female with fore tarsal tooth absent or minute.............................................................. 12
-. Both sexes with fore tarsal tooth prominent, at least 0.5 as long as tarsal width.................................... 14
12. Antennal segment III with 2 sensoria, mainly brown but yellow at base, IV–V uniformly brown; pronotal setae no longer than antennal segment III (Fig. 1); male sternite VIII with transverse pore plate............................... abrasi sp.n.
-. Antennal segment III yellow, with 3 sensoria, IV–V yellow in part; male sternite VIII with no pore plate............... 13
13. Body largely yellow, brown laterally on head and tergite II; metanotum reticulate between median pair of setae (Fig. 6)......................................................................................... brunneicinctus sp.n.
-. Body uniformly dark brown; metanotum with no sculpture between median setae (Fig. 23).................. oreillyi sp.n.
14. Major setae with apices acute, or slightly blunt, pronotal am and aa setae scarcely longer than discal setae (Fig. 24); antennal segments III–V almost uniformly brown; male sternite VIII without a pore plate.......................... quadriconus
-. Major setae with apices broadly capitate, including pronotal am and aa setae; antennal segments III–V dark brown but yellow at base; male sternite VIII with a transverse pore plate................................................... fuscus
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2013, Fungus-feeding thrips from Australia in the worldwide genus Hoplandrothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), pp. 476-494 in Zootaxa 3700 (3) on pages 478-479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/248736