Thripidae
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae

description: Key to Thripidae genera with species dependent on Poaceae in Australia
1. Female with sternite VII posteromarginal setal pairs S1 & S2 arising closer to each other than to setal pair S3 (Fig. 40)..... 2
-. Sternite VII pairs of posteromarginal setae arising equidistant from each other (Figs 10, 36).......................... 3
2. Prosternum with no setae; prosternal ferna complete medially; ocellar setae pair III arising within triangle (Fig. 38). Exothrips
-. Prosternum with 2 or more setae, prosternal ferna divided medially (Fig. 44); ocellar setae pair III arising outside triangle (Fig. 39)....................................................................................... Parexothrips
3. Pronotum with no long setae at posterior angles............................................................. 4
-. Pronotum with at least one pair of prominent posteroangular setae............................................. 15
4. Wings absent, or reduced to lobes no longer than width of thorax................................................ 5
-. Wings fully developed................................................................................. 10
5. Prosternum with one or more pairs of setae (Fig. 45)................................................. Caprithrips
-. Prosternum without any setae........................................................................... 6
6. Abdominal sternites with transverse row of discal setae (cf Fig. 10).............................................. 7
-. Abdominal sternites with no discal setae (cf Fig. 36).......................................................... 8
7. Antennae 6-segmented; tarsi 1-segmented......................................................... Aptinothrips
-. Antennae 8-segmented; tarsi 2-segmented................................................. Ozanaphothrips [part]
8. Abdominal sternites III–VI posterior margins with craspedum deeply lobed between marginal setae........... Apterothrips
-. Abdominal sternites III–VI with no craspedum.............................................................. 9
9. Body dark brown, strongly reticulate; antennae 7-segmented......................................... Moundothrips
-. Body variable, yellow to brown, never strongly reticulate; antennae 8- or 9-segmented, segment VI sometimes with incomplete suture............................................................................. Anaphothrips [in part]
10. Antennae 7-segmented; fore wings without prominent setae................................................... 11
-. Antennae 8- or 9-segmented; fore wings with setae on veins including costa...................................... 12
11. Body colour pale yellow, including antennal segments I – V; metathoracic endofurca elongate lyre-shaped.......... Edissa
-. Head and thorax dark brown, strongly reticulate, abdomen golden; metathoracic endofurca transverse........ Phibalothrips
12. Body dark brown; head and pronotum reticulate with markings inside the reticles; hind coxae internally with prominent coiled apodeme; metathoracic endofurca elongate lyre-shaped............................................... Caliothrips
-. Body colour various, yellow or brown or bicoloured; reticulation, when present, without internal markings; hind coxae internally without a coiled apodeme; metathoracic endofurca transverse............................................. 13
13. Abdominal sternites with transverse row of discal setae...................................... Ozanaphothrips [part]
-. Abdominal sternites with no discal setae.................................................................. 14
14. Ocellar setae I absent; antennal segments III & IV with sensorium simple; metanotum with complex sculpture lines (Fig. 90); ovipositor weak, not serrate (Fig. 91); metapre-episternum broadly band-like.............................. Takethrips
-. Ocellar setae I present; antennal segment IV with sensorium forked, III with sensorium sometimes simple; metanotum with reticulate sculpture; ovipositor serrate; metapre-episternum slender and tapering laterally............ Anaphothrips [in part]
15. Tergites V–VII with paired ctenidia laterally (Figs 30, 82).................................................... 16
-. Tergites V–VII without paired lateral ctenidia.............................................................. 17
16. Antennal segments III–IV with sensoria simple.................................................... Bolacothrips
-. Antennal segments III–IV with sensoria forked................................................ Stenchaetothrips
17. Female abdominal tergite X with pair of stout thorn-like setae.......................................... Limothrips
-. Female abdominal tergite X without such setae............................................................. 18
18. Sensorium on antennal segment III simple, on IV usually simple but rarely forked................................. 19
-. Sensorium forked on antennal segments III and IV.......................................................... 28
19. Prosternal basantra with 1 or more pairs of setae (Fig. 58)..................................................... 20
-. Prosternum without any setae.......................................................................... 24
20. Fore tibia inner apex with broadly flattened or bifurcate seta; head strongly prolonged in front of eyes; ocellar setae pair I absent.................................................................................... Organothrips
-. Fore tibia inner apex without modified seta; head scarcely prolonged in front of eyes; ocellar setae pair I present........ 21
21. Abdominal tergites with no craspedum including segment VIII (Fig. 46); sternites with no discal setae........ Karphothrips
-. Tergites II–VIII with broad craspedum on posterior margin (Figs 47, 62); sternites with or without row of discal setae.... 22
22. Abdominal sternites II–VI posterior margin with craspedum of five broad lobes (Fig. 49); ocellar setae I absent; fore wing clavus with discal seta present; sternites with no discal setae....................................... Kranzithrips gen.n.
-. Abdominal sternites II–VI posterior margin either with dentate craspedum or with no craspedum; ocellar setae I present; fore wing clavus with no discal seta; sternites with transverse row of discal setae..................................... 23
23. Abdominal sternites with dentate craspedum (Figs 76, 78); maxillary palps 3-segmented.................... Monothrips
-. Abdominal sternites with no craspedum (Fig. 60); maxillary palps 2-segmented.................... Masamithrips gen.n.
24. Fore wing clavus with no discal seta (Fig. 13); sternites with transverse row of discal setae (Figs 10, 17)............... 25
-. Fore wing clavus with discal seta (Fig. 35); sternites without discal setae (Fig. 36)................................. 26
25. Body and legs yellow; pronotum with 2 pairs of posteroangular setae (Figs 1, 5); mesothoracic furca usually without spinula; metanotum without campaniform sensilla (Fig. 1)............................................. Aliceathrips gen.n.
-. Body brown or bicoloured; pronotum with one pair of small posteroangular setae; mesothoracic furca with short spinula; metanotal campaniform sensilla present or absent........................................... Ozanaphothrips [part]
26. Pronotum weakly trapezoidal, head not unusually small (Fig. 31); antennal segment II symmetrical; tergal campaniform sensilla close to posterior margin (Fig. 33); metapre-episternum transversely band-like; female macropterous dark brown; male sometimes bicoloured, macropterous or micropterous............................................ Bregmatothrips
-. Pronotum strongly trapezoidal, much larger than head (Fig. 23); antennal segment II often strongly asymmetric and prolonged laterally; tergal campaniform sensilla distant from posterior margin; metapre-episternum scarcely prolonged laterally; female macropterous, brown, sometimes bicoloured when teneral; male apterous........................................ 27
27. Mesothoracic furca T-shaped with broad lateral flanges, invaginations close together near mid-line (Fig. 25).... Chirothrips
-. Mesothoracic furca weak, without broad lateral flanges, invaginations widely separated (Fig. 24)............. Arorathrips
28. Fore tibial apex with 2 claws, rarely with one; sensorium on antennal segment VI with greatly enlarged, broadly oval base.......................................................................................... Odontothripiella
-. Fore tibia without an apical claw; sensorium on antennal segment VI with circular base............................ 29
29. Fully apterous, head with no ocelli; tergite IX with 2 pairs of stout setae [Macquarie Island]............... Physemothrips
-. Macropterous, rarely micropterous; setae on tergite IX slender................................................. 30
30. Abdominal tergites II–VII with no craspedum; tergites with little sculpture; female with ovipositor valves weakly sclerotised and not serrate............................................................................. Plesiothrips
-. Abdominal tergites II–VII with lobed craspedum and many transverse striae (Fig. 96); female with ovipositor valves strongly sclerotised and serrate.................................................................... Striathrips gen.n.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., 2011, Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 3064 (1) on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3064.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/200567