Mesandrothrips Priesner 1933
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
name: Tree, Desley J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Mesandrothrips

description: Key to Mesandrothrips species from Australia
1. Pronotum with am setae as long as aa setae (Figs 23–25)................................................. 2
-. Pronotal am setae minute, no larger than discal setae (Figs 21, 22).............................................. 4
2. Antennal segment III yellow (Fig. 13) in contrast to segments I–II and IV–VIII that are uniformly brown. kurandae sp.n.
-. Antennal segment III not sharply different in colour from other segments........................................ 3
3. Antennal segments IV–VI light brown to brown, III paler at base (Fig. 16)................................... pictipes
-. Antennal segments III–VI bicoloured, brown with bases sharply paler (Fig. 15).......................... oleariae sp.n.
4. Mesopresternum incomplete or very slender medially (Fig. 6)................................................. 5
-. Mesopresternum complete medially and broadly boat-shaped (Figs 7, 8)......................................... 7
5. Fore tarsal tooth acute and almost as long as tarsal width (Fig. 22); micropterous; longest sense cone on segment III no more than 0.6 as long as segment width........................................................... lamingtoni sp.n.
-. Fore tarsal tooth small or minute in both sexes; macropterous; longest sense cone on segment III 0.9 as long as maximum width of segment..................................................................................... 6
6. Mesopresternum slender and continuous medially; antennal segment III slender, at least 1.7 times as long as wide, IV–VI yellow at base (Fig. 12)............................................................................ inquilinus
-. Mesopresternum divided into two separate triangles (Fig. 6); antennal segment III stouter, scarcely 1.5 times as long as wide (Fig. 18), IV–VI scarcely paler at base.................................................................. darci
7. Postocular setae and fore wing sub-basal setae S3 pointed [tergite IX setae S1 finely pointed and almost as long as tube]................................................................................................................................. reedi
-. Postocular and fore wing sub-basal setae S3 with apices capitate............................................... 8
8. Pronotum slightly longer than wide (Fig. 19); antennal segment III twice as long as wide; fore femora swollen, fore tibiae stout, fore tarsal tooth massive (Fig. 5)..................................................... austrosteensia sp.n.
- Pronotum wider than long; antennal segment III less than 1.8 times as long as maximum width; fore femora slender (Fig. 21)................................................................................................. 9
9. Antennal segment III 1.5 times as long as maximum width (Fig. 10); tergite IX setae S1 with apices pointed...... clavipes
-. Antennal segment III 1.3 times as long as maximum width (Fig. 11); tergite IX setae S1 with apices capitate googongi sp.n.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2019, Rediagnoses of the Asian genera Xylaplothrips and Mesandrothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae, Haplothripini), with keys to Australian species, pp. 327-341 in Zootaxa 4613 (2) on page 332, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3238971