Male largely yellow; tergite VIII with no posteromarginal comb; sternites III–VII each with small transverse pore plate, discal setae arising laterally.
- Scientific Name
- Thrips parvispinus
- Scientific Author
- Taxonomy
- Thysanoptera, Terebrantia, Thripidae, Thripinae
- Status
- Exotic Species Establishment in Australia
- Exotic Species Establishment in Australia
- Reliability
- High
- High
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Diagnostic Notes
Female macropterous; head and thorax paler than brown abdomen, legs mainly yellow; antennal segment III yellow, also basal half of IV–V; forewings brown with base sharply pale. Antennae 7-segmented, III–IV constricted at apex, sensorium forked, VII short. Head wider than long with two pairs of ocellar setae; pair III arising on anterior margins of ocellar triangle; postocular setae pairs I and III slightly longer than ocellar setae III, pair II minute. Pronotum with two pairs of long posteroangular setae. Metanotum reticulate medially, reticles varying in shape, sometimes with faint internal markings; median setae long, arising behind anterior margin; campaniform sensilla absent. Forewing first and second veins with complete rows of setae. Tergite II with three lateral marginal setae; tergites V–VIII with ctenidia present laterally, on VIII posteromesad to spiracles; posterior margin of VIII with comb almost absent, a few microtrichia present laterally; pleurotergites without discal setae. Sternite II with two pairs of marginal setae, III–VII with three pairs; II and VII without discal setae, III–VI with about 6 to 12 discal setae in an irregular row.
More Information
- Specimen Contact
- Desley Tree
- Author
- Desley Tree
- Created
- 15/11/2010 03:58 AEST
- Last Updated
- 15/11/2010 15:58 AEST
- Citation
- Desley Tree (2010) Oriental vegetable thrips (Thrips parvispinus ) Updated on 11/15/2010 3:58:37 PM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au.
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- Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
