Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan)
Nomenclature
Euthrips hawaiiensis Morgan, 1913: 3.
Thrips sulphurea Schmutz, 1913: 1011.
Thrips nigriflava Schmutz, 1913: 1012.
Thrips albipes Bagnall, 1914: 25.
Physothrips pallipes Bagnall, 1916: 400.
Physothrips albipes Bagnall, 1916: 401.
Bregmatothrips theifloris Karny, 1921: 66.
Thrips versicolor Bagnall, 1926: 108.
Thrips pallipes Bagnall, 1926: 110.
Thrips io Girault, 1927a: 351.
Thrips partirufus Girault, 1927b: 1.
Physothrips emersoni Girault, 1927b: 2.
Taeniothrips eriobotryae Moulton, 1928: 297
Physothrips lacteicolor Girault, 1928: 1.
Physothrips marii Girault, 1928: 2.
Physothrips mjobergi var. darci Girault, 1930: 1.
Thrips hawaiiensis form imitator Priesner, 1934: 267.
Taeniothrips pallipes var. florinatus Priesner, 1938: 489.
Taeniothrips rhodomyrti Priesner, 1938: 492.
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body brown or bicoloured, abdomen brown, head and thorax yellowish orange; forewing brown with paler base. Antennae 7 segmented. Head with ocellar setae III outside ocellar triangle; postocular setae I and II subequal. Pronotum with transverse markings. Metanotum anteriorly transversely striate, posteriorly with longitudinal but more widely spaced striations; median setae arise at anterior margin. Forewing first vein with 3 distal setae; clavus with apical seta longer than subapical seta. Abdominal tergite II with 4 lateral setae; VIII comb complete but short and irregular; pleurotergites without discal setae. Abdominal sternites III–VII with 12–25 discal setae.
Male macroptera: Similar to female but smaller. Body yellowish brown. Abdomial tergite IX with 4 setae, almost equal in length, distance between median pair longer than the distance between median and submedian pair. Abdominal sternites III–VII with transverse glandular areas.
specimens collected on
Polyphagous
Distribution
Widely distributed.
References
Bagnall, R. S., 1914, Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera II. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 13(8): 22–31.
Bagnall, R. S., 1916, Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera VIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 17(8): 397–412.
Bagnall, R. S., 1926, Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XV. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 18(9): 98–114.
Girault, A. A., 1927b, Some new wild animals from Queensland. Published privately. Brisbane, 1–3.
Girault, A. A., 1928, A prodigeous discourse on wild animals. Published privately, Brisbane, 1–3.
Girault, A. A., 1930, New pests from Australia, VIII. Published privately, Brisbane, 1–5.
Girault, A.A., 1927a, Records of Australian Thysanoptera (thrips), part II. Queensland Agricultural Journal, 28:348–352.
Karny, H., 1921, Beitraege zur Malayischen Thysanopterenfauna IV. Thysanopteren von Hevea V. Thysanopteren an Tee. Treubia., 2: 37–83.
Morgan, A.C., 1913, New genera and species of Thysanoptera with notes on distribution and food plants. Proceedings of the United States National Museum., 46: 1–55
Moulton, D., 1928, Thysanoptera of Japan: New species, notes, and a list of all known Japanese species. Annot. Zool. Jpn., 11: 287–337.
Priesner, H., 1934, Indomalayische Thysanopteren VII [as VI]. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indie., 94: 254–290.
Priesner, H., 1938, Materialen zu einer Revision der Taeniothrips-Arten (Thysanoptera) des indomalayischen Faunengebietes. Treubia., 16: 469–526.
Schmutz, K., 1913, Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitz.-Ber. K. Akad. Wiss., 122 (7): 991–1089.
