taxonID	type	description	language	source
0391C840FFE099738347FB0CFC44C9E6.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Yellow, ocellar region brown, also anterior margin of mesonotum and median area of tergites II – VIII; IX­X dark brown; antecostal ridges on tergites III­VIII dark across full width of segments, on sternites III­VII shaded full width of segments; forewings weakly shaded; antennal segment I pale, II brown, III – VIII light brown. Structure: Vertex with closely spaced and transversely anastomosing striae, ocellar region lacking obvious sculpturing; ocellar setae pair III close together, distance between their bases less than four times the diameter of the basal pores, arising almost on tangent joining anterior margins of posterior ocelli; two pairs of post­ocular setae. Pronotum with transverse striae regular and closely spaced; 4 anteromarginal setae, 8 ­ 13 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 about twice the length of S 1, S 3 shorter than S 1. Metanotal reticulation equiangular anteriorly but longitudinally reticulate on posterior half, median setae posterior of margin. Forewing scale with 3 ­ 4 marginal setae; first vein setae 3 + 2 ­ 4 + 1 + 1 + 0 ­ 1 + 0 ­ 1; second vein 1 ­ 2 setae; basal posteromarginal fringe cilia straight. Tergite I without setae, tergites III­V median setae short, distance between bases less than two times the length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII and IX without discal microtrichia medially, posteromarginal comb on VIII complete; tergite IX with paired minor posteromarginal setae between S 1 and S 2 equally as stout as these setae. Sternites III­VI with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae; microtrichial fields if present, scarcely extending mesad of S 3. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1250. Head, length 85; width 165; p. o. S 1 18. Pronotum, length 100; width 190; posteromarginal setae S 2 30. Forewing length 740. Antennal segments III – VI, 45, 40, 37, 47. Male macroptera. Pale lacking obvious dark colorations of female especially on abdomen. Sculpture similar to female. Tergite IX with pair of rather short, pale drepanae; aedeagus without stout spines.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFE099738347FB0CFC44C9E6.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype female. Northern Territory, Standley Chasm, West of Alice Springs from Acacia macdonellensis [Leguminosae] 31 ­ x­ 1999 (LAM 3759). Paratypes: 12 females collected with holotype; same locality and host plant, 9 females, 2 males, 1 ­ xi­ 1999 (LAM 3771), 13 females, 1 second instar larva, 2 ­ xi­ 1999 (LAM 3782).	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFE099738347FB0CFC44C9E6.taxon	discussion	Comments. Scirtothrips akakia is a member of one of the two species­groups within Scirtothrips that inhabit Acacia (the other being the S. albomaculatus group). Together with S. kirrhos, S. moneres and S. quadriseta, this species lacks definite sculpturing in the ocellar region, the first abdominal tergite lacks setae, and females exhibit obvious melanic coloration, which is especially dark on abdominal segments IX and X but with a dark area inside the ocellar triangle. The posteromarginal cilia on the forewing are straight, although a few paratypes have 1 ­ 2 of these cilia very faintly wavy.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFE399728347FAD4FEBBC93E.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Yellow, rarely with brown marking medially on tergites, antecostal ridges brown on tergites III – VIII and sternites IV – VII; forewings pale; antennal segments I – III pale, IV – VIII darker. Structure: Head about twice as wide as long, postocular and ocellar region closely striate; ocellar setae pair III arise near margins of ocellar triangle; compound eyes with no ommatidia strongly pigmented; three pairs of post­ocellar setae longer than ocellar setae pair III. Pronotum closely striate, with 4 ­ 6 anterior marginal setae, 8 ­ 12 discal setae; 5 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 clearly longer than S 1. Metanotal sculpture transverse anteriorly, longitudinally reticulate posteriorly; median pair of setae at anterior margin. Forewing scale with 4 ­ 5 marginal setae; second vein with 3 – 8 setae; posteromarginal fringe cilia all straight. Tergite I with no discal setae, III­V with bases of median setae close together; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with discal microtrichia present anteromedially, posteromarginal comb complete; tergite IX with discal microtrichia present on posterior half. Sternites with microtrichia extending just mesad of S 2; marginal setae arising in front of posterior margin. Male macroptera. Similar to female in colour and sculpture, but smaller; tergite IX without drepanae; aedeagus without paired arrays of spines, but apex with series of small spines.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFE299758347FB0CFDFCCE26.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: brown; antecostal ridge on tergites III­VIII dark across full width of segments, on sternites III­VII strongly shaded; tergite IX darker brown; forewings uniformly shaded; antennal segment II darker than I, III – IV mainly yellow, V pale at base, VI – VIII uniformly dark. Compound eyes with 4 ventrolateral ommatidia pigmented. Structure: Head with postocular and ocellar region closely transversely striate; ocellar setae III short, their bases further apart than their length, arising within triangle anterior to tangent joining anterior margins of posterior ocelli; three pairs of post­ocellar setae each at least as long as ocellar setae pair III. Pronotum with 8 anterior marginal setae, 15 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 slightly larger than S 1 or S 3; pronotal setae all slightly thick and blunt. Metanotum transversely striate anteriorly, longitudinally reticulate posteriorly; median pair of setae slightly posterior of margin. Forewing scale with 4 marginal setae; first vein setae 3 ­ 4 + 6 ­ 7 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1; second vein 5 setae; posteromarginal fringe cilia straight. Tergites III­V with distance between bases of median setae two or three times the diameter of their basal pores; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with discal microtrichia present anteromedially, posteromarginal comb complete; tergite IX with discal microtrichia on posterior half. Sternites with lateral microtrichial fields not extending mesad of S 2 marginal setae. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1000. Head, length 135; width 70; p. o. S 1 15. Pronotum, length 90; width 150; posteromarginal setae S 1 10, S 2 18. Forewing length 580. Antennal segments III – VI, 43, 35, 35, 43.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFE299758347FB0CFDFCCE26.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype Female. Western Australia, Wittenoom, from Lechenaultia sp. flowers [Goodeniaceae], 24. ix. 1995 (LAM 2821).	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFE299758347FB0CFDFCCE26.taxon	discussion	Comments. The setae on the head and pronotum of the single female from which this species is described are all curiously stout with the apices slightly blunt, rather similar to those of S. moneres, another species from Western Australia. Despite the body being brown in colour, antennal segments III and IV are noticeably pale. An Acacia species is more likely to be the host plant of this species than the Lechenaultia species from which the holotype was taken.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFE599748347FC64FE9AC946.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Body yellow with brown markings medially on tergites and sternites, and antecostal ridges on tergites and sternites dark brown; forewings weakly shaded, paler toward apex; antennal segment I pale, II dark, III – IV pale with apex shaded, V – VIII dark. Structure: Head about twice as wide as long, postocular and ocellar region closely striate; ocellar setae pair III arise with ocellar triangle on or close to tangent between anterior margins of posterior ocelli, distance between their bases less than diameter of first ocellus; compound eyes with no ommatidia strongly pigmented; two pairs of post­ocellar setae longer than ocellar setae pair III. Pronotum closely striate, with 2 pairs of anterior marginal setae, 10 ­ 12 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 clearly longer than S 1. Metanotal sculpture variable, transverse anteriorly, longitudinally reticulate posteriorly; median pair of setae at anterior margin. Forewing scale with 3 ­ 4 marginal setae; second vein with 2 – 5 setae; posteromarginal fringe cilia all weakly undulating. Tergites III­V with bases of median setae usually closer together than length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with discal microtrichia present anteromedially, posteromarginal comb complete; tergite IX with discal microtrichia absent. Sternites almost covered with microtrichia except anteromedially on VII; median setae on sternite VII arising slightly in front of posterior margin. Male macroptera. Similar to female in colour and sculpture, but smaller; hind femur with row of 5 – 7 stout dark setae on distal posterior margin; aedeagus apparently with no armature.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFE499778347FBB4FBD4CB96.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Yellow, tergites with pale brown markings medially, also ocellar region; antecostal ridges on tergites III­VIII dark across full width of segments, on sternites III­VII shaded full width of segments; sternites III­VII with weak shading; forewings weakly shaded, paler toward apex; antennal segment 1 pale, II­VIII dark with bases of segments III­IV pale. Structure: Vertex closely striate, ocellar region with weak reticulate sculpturing; ocellar setae pair III usually closer together than their length, arising just anterior to tangent between anterior margins of posterior ocelli; two pairs of post­ocular setae at least as long as ocellar setae pair III, p. o. S 1 almost twice as long as length of a posterior ocellus. Pronotum with anastomosing transverse striae closely spaced; 4 anteromarginal setae, 10 ­ 14 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 about 50 microns long, two to three times as long as S 1, S 1 subequal to S 3 and both longer than S 4. Metanotum transversely reticulate anteriorly, longitudinally reticulate posteriorly; median setae close to anterior margin. Forewing scale with 4 marginal setae; first vein setae 1 ­ 7 + 1 ­ 3 + 1 ­ 2 + 0 ­ 1 + 0 ­ 1; second vein 1 ­ 5 setae; proximal posteromarginal fringe cilia wavy. Tergites III­V with median setae arising in­line with discal setae, relatively small and separated by at least 2.5 times their length; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with few discal microtrichia medially, posteromarginal comb complete; IX with discal microtrichia on posterior half weakly developed. Sternites III­VI with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae arising at margin; microtrichia extending just mesad of S 2. Male macroptera. Similar in colour and sculpture to female but smaller; tergite IX with pair of short dark drepanae; aedeagus apparently without spines.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFE699698347FC6EFBC9C946.taxon	description	(N. T.) Bougainvillea sp. [Nyctaginaceae], * Cassytha sp. [Lauraceae], Citrus sp. [Rutaceae], Cuphea sp. flowers [Lythraceae], Lantana camara flowers [Verbenaceae], * Mangifera indica [Anacardiaceae], pepper leaf; (QLD) Euodia sp. * [Rutaceae], Eupatorium riparium [Asteraceae], Physalis minima [Solanaceae], Pteridium sp. * [Dennstaedtiaceae], chilli; (N. S. W.) Cissus antarcticum [Vitaceae], Ligustrum sp. [Oleaceae], * Pteridium sp. young fronds. Female macroptera. Colour: Yellow; frons shaded between bases of antennae; tergites without dark areas but antecostal ridges on III­VIII dark across full width of segments, on sternites III­VII shaded full width of segments; forewings darkly shaded; antennal segments III­VIII dark with bases of segments III­IV pale, segment 1 pale, II variable. Structure: Vertex with closely spaced and transversely anastomosing striae, ocellar region with transversely reticulate sculpturing; bases of ocellar setae pair III usually separated approximately by less than the length of these setae, arising almost on tangent between anterior margins of posterior ocelli; two pairs of post­ocular setae. Pronotum with anastomosing transverse striae widely spaced; 2 ­ 4 anteromarginal setae, 12 ­ 16 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 50 ­ 55 microns long, about 3 times the length of S 1, S 3 subequal to S 4 and shorter than S 1. Metanotum transversely reticulate anteriorly, but longitudinally or equiangular reticulate posteriorly; median setae not at anterior margin. Forewing scale with 3 ­ 5 marginal setae; first vein setae 3 + 1 ­ 3 + 1 + 1 + 1; second vein 2 ­ 3 setae; proximal posteromarginal fringe cilia straight. Bases of median tergal setae on III­ V separated by no more than the length of these setae, positioned anterior to a line joining tergal discal setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with no discal microtrichia anteromedially, posteromarginal comb complete, IX with weak microtrichia on posterior half. Sternites III­VI with 3 long pairs of posteromarginal setae; microtrichia scarcely mesad of S 2. Male macroptera. Similar to female in colour and sculpture; tergite IX with pair of dark drepanae curving dorsally; aedeagus apparently without spines.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF999688347FBB4FDB9CFAE.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Body yellow with brown marking medially on tergites III – VII, sternites without brown markings but antecostal ridges on tergites and sternites dark brown; forewings usually strongly shaded but paler toward apex; antennal segment I pale, II shaded, III – VIII dark. Structure: Head about twice as wide as long, postocular and ocellar region closely striate; ocellar setae pair III arise between the posterior ocelli, well behind tangent between their anterior margins; compound eyes with no ommatidia strongly pigmented; two pairs of post­ocellar setae as long as ocellar setae pair III. Pronotum closely striate, usually with 1 pair of anteromarginal setae, 10 ­ 12 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 30 – 35 microns, clearly longer than S 1. Metanotal sculpture variable, usually transversely arcuate anteriorly, with irregular longitudinal reticulations or striations posteriorly; median pair of setae far behind anterior margin. Forewing scale with 4 marginal setae; second vein with 2 setae; posteromarginal fringe cilia all straight. Tergites III­V with bases of median setae usually closer together than length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with discal microtrichia present anteromedially, posteromarginal comb complete; tergite IX with discal microtrichia present posteromedially. Sternites with microtrichia extending across median area on posterior half; median setae on sternite VII arising slightly in front of posterior margin. Male macroptera. Similar to female in colour and sculpture, but smaller; aedeagus apparently with no armature.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF8996B8347FC9CFBB1CECE.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Light brown to medium brown, tergite IX darker; occipital ridge of head and posterior margin of pronotum dark, also antecostal ridge on tergites II­ VIII; forewings shaded with paler apex; antennae light brown, II darkest, I usually pale. Structure: Antennal segments VII – VIII with suture often weakly developed. Vertex with closely spaced and transversely anastomosing striae, becoming irregular near posterior ocelli; ocellar region with no distinct lines of sculpture; ocellar setae pair III closer together than diameter of first ocellus, arising posterior to tangent joining anterior margins of posterior ocelli, but one of these setae commonly absent; two pairs of long post­ocular setae; mouth cone exceptionally long and acute, extending to mesosternum in slidemounted specimens. Pronotum with transverse striae regular and very closely spaced; usually 4 anteromarginal setae, 8 ­ 9 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 less than twice the length of S 1, S 3 subequal to S 1. Metanotal reticulation almost equiangular anteriorly but narrowly longitudinal on posterior half, median setae posterior of margin. Forewing scale with 4 marginal setae; first vein setae 3 ­ 4 + 3 ­ 5 + 0 ­ 1 + 1 + 1 + 1; second vein 3 ­ 4 setae; at least some posterior fringe cilia weakly undulating rather than straight. Tergite I with pair of setae medially usually extending to posterior margin; tergites III­VII median setae short, distance between bases on V about 3 times the length of these setae; lateral microtrichial fields with rows of microtrichia closely spaced, bearing 3 discal setae; VIII and IX without discal microtrichia medially, posteromarginal comb on VIII regular and complete. Sternites III­VI with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae; microtrichial fields weak, scarcely extending to S 2. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1150. Head, length 50; width 150; p. o. S 1 15. Pronotum, length 100; width 175; posteromarginal setae S 113, S 2 23. Forewing length 670. Antennal segments III – VI, 47, 40, 43, 47. Male macroptera. Similar in colour and sculpture to female, but smaller and paler; tergite IX with pair of exceptionally long (150 microns), curved and dark drepanae extending beyond apex of tergite X; aedeagus without stout spines.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF8996B8347FC9CFBB1CECE.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype female. South Australia, Kangaroo Island, Kelly Hill Caves, Hakea muelleriana inflorescence [Proteaceae], 24. xii. 2002 (LAM 4260). Paratypes: 10 females, 7 males collected with holotype; Kangaroo Island, Remarkable Rocks, 10 females, 10 males from Hakea aenigma inflorescences and leaves, 24. xii. 2002 (LAM 4261).	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF8996B8347FC9CFBB1CECE.taxon	discussion	Comments. This species shares many character states with S. kirrhos and related species that are known from Acacia foliage. However, the mouth cone is exceptionally long, the median setae on the first abdominal tergite are well developed, and the great length of the male drepanae is unique in this genus. One male / female pair in cop has been studied, and in these one of the drepanae was inserted between the ovipositor valves near the base. The second instar larvae of S. drepanofortis also have the mouth cone unusually elongate, but the dorsal surface of the thorax has sculpture and fringed capitate major setae that are very similar to those of S. helenae (Fig. 61). The elongate mouth cone of this species is directed ventrally in life, whereas that of S. tenor is directed posteriorly.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFB996A8347FC3CFD79C85E.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Body yellow with brown markings medially on tergites and sternites, also on head anterior to ocelli; compound eyes with no ommatidia strongly pigmented; antecostal ridges on tergites III­VIII dark across full width of segments, on sternites IV­VII strongly shaded; forewings weakly shaded; antennal segment I pale, II dark, III pale with apex shaded, IV – V darker with base pale, VI – VIII uniformly dark. Structure: Head about twice as wide as long, postocular and ocellar region closely striate; ocellar setae pair III arise with ocellar triangle, distance between their bases about equal to diameter of first ocellus; compound eyes with no ommatidia strongly pigmented; three pairs of post­ocellar setae at least as long as ocellar setae pair III. Pronotum closely striate, with 3 pairs of anterior marginal setae, 13 ­ 18 discal setae; 5 pairs of posteromarginal setae, pairs I­III all approximately equal in length and thickness, S 2 sometimes clearly longer than S 1. Metanotum transverse striate anteriorly, longitudinally reticulate posteriorly; median pair of setae at anterior margin. Forewing scale with 3 ­ 4 marginal setae; first vein setae 3 ­ 11 + 1 ­ 8 + 1 ­ 2 + 0 ­ 1; second vein 5 ­ 7 setae; posteromarginal fringe cilia straight. Tergites III­V with bases of median setae usually separated <0.75 length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with discal microtrichia present anteromedially, posteromarginal comb interrupted medially; tergite IX with discal microtrichia absent or very weak. Sternites with lateral microtrichial fields weak, not extending mesad of S 2 marginal setae; median setae on sternites IV – VI sometimes arising slightly in front of posterior margin. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1150. Head, length 75; width 170; p. o. S 1 18. Pronotum, length 100; width 175; posteromarginal setae S 1 15, S 2 15. Forewing length 650. Antennal segments III – VI, 50, 43, 37, 45. Male macroptera. Similar to female in colour and sculpture, but smaller; tergite VIII posteromarginal comb interrupted medially; segment IX without drepanae, anterior margin strongly convex, extending into segment VII; aedeagus with paired array of stout spines.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFB996A8347FC3CFD79C85E.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype Female. Queensland, Pentland, on Acacia shirleyi [Leguminosae], 3. iv. 1998 (LAM 3483). Paratypes: 6 females, 1 male collected with holotype. Material excluded from type series: Queensland, 143 km north of Adavale, 8 females from Acacia pendula, 5. iv. 1998 (LAM 3511); Weengallon, 4 females from Acacia sp., 10. i. 1997 (D. Morris 237). Western Australia, 74 km south of Tom Price, 7 females 1 male from Acacia citrinoviridis young phyllodes, 23. iv. 1997 (LAM 3198); 42 km west of Paraburdoo, 2 females from Acacia citrinoviridis, 23. iv. 1997 (LAM 3201); 20 km east of Wittenoom, 2 females from Acacia bivenosa, 25. ix. 1995 (LAM 2845); Millstream, 9 females 2 males from Acacia sp. phyllodes, 23. ix. 1995 (LAM 2813, 2816).	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFB996A8347FC3CFD79C85E.taxon	discussion	Comments The material excluded from the type series of S. eremicus exhibits a confusing pattern of character states, although the available males appear to have similar paired arrays of stout spines laterally on the aedeagus. However, ocellar setae III of most of these specimens are further apart, commonly approaching the lateral margins of the ocellar triangle, and each compound eye has four distinctive darkly pigmented ommatidia. This species, or species­group, appears to be widely distributed across northern Australia just south of the monsoon belt, presumably in association with one or more species of Acacia. Lancewood, Acacia shirleyi, the plant from which the type series was taken, is common in semi­arid and temperate areas of inland north­eastern Australia from Toowoomba, Queensland, to Victoria River, Northern Territory.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFA996D8347FAACFDE4CBBE.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Pale yellow, antecostal ridges on tergites III­VIII weakly shaded across full width of segments, sternites III­VII with weak shading; forewings uniformly weakly shaded; antennal segment I pale, II pale to weakly shaded, III mainly pale, V – VIII uniformly dark. Structure: Vertex closely striate, ocellar triangle with reticulate pattern; bases of ocellar setae pair III closer together than length of these setae, arising between midpoints of posterior ocelli; two pairs of post­ocellar setae each at least 0.75 as long as ocellar setae pair III. Pronotum with transverse striae irregular and widely separated; with 2 ­ 7 anterior marginal setae, 9 ­ 16 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, seta II sometimes longer than seta I, but often similar in length to I, seta III never longer than I and II. Metanotum equiangular reticulate; median setae well behind margin. Forewing scale usually with 4 marginal setae; first vein setae 3 ­ 4 + 1 ­ 4 + 1 + 1 + 0 ­ 1 + 0 ­ 1 + 0 ­ 1; second vein 4 setae; posteromarginal fringe cilia wavy. Tergite I median setae usually extend beyond posterior margin of tergite, III­V with bases of median setae separated at least 2.25 times the length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with posteromarginal comb of microtrichia complete, no discal microtrichia medially; tergite IX without discal microtrichia. Sternites with lateral microtrichial fields extending mesad of S 2 marginal setae. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1100. Head, length 100; width 135; p. o. S 1 13. Pronotum, length 85; width 150; posteromarginal setae S 1 25, S 2 28. Forewing length 650. Antennal segments III – VI, 45, 38, 45, 47. Male macroptera. Similar in colour and sculpture to female, but smaller; sternites commonly with one transverse row of microtrichia close to antecostal ridge; abdominal segment IX with a pair of dark drepanae ventrolaterally with pointed apices curving dorsally; aedeagus without either lateral arrays of spines or terminal spines.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFA996D8347FAACFDE4CBBE.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype female. Australian Capital Territory, Tidbinbilla, from young fronds of Dicksonia Antarctica [Dicksoniaceae], 20. xi. 2002 (LAM 4229). Paratypes: 6 females collected with holotype; New South Wales, Nimmitabel, 8 females, 2 males, and 4 instar II larvae, from tree fern (? Dicksonia sp.), 19. iii. 1999 (LAM 3676); Mt. Dromedary, 8 females, 5 males from Dicksonia sp. young fronds, 20. iii. 1999 (LAM 3679); Monga, 7 females, 2 males, and 7 instar II larvae from Dicksonia antarctica young fronds, 13. i. 1999 (LAM 3659), same site and plants, 20 females 3 males, 23. xi. 2002 (LAM 4232), same site and plants, 16 females 6 males, 30. iv. 2003 (LAM 4309 ­ 12); 20 km west of Kiama, Jamberoo Mt Road, 9 females from young fronds of Cyathea sp. [Cyatheaceae], 3. xi. 2002 (LAM 4207).	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFA996D8347FAACFDE4CBBE.taxon	discussion	Comments. This species breeds on newly emerged fronds of tree ferns, and the larvae are similar in appearance to those of S. dobroskyi (Figs 60, 63). Although it has been found commonly on Dicksonia antarctica, one sample was taken from very young fronds of a Cyathea species. Tree ferns of the genus Dicksonia are widespread and abundant from sheltered gullies within dry sclerophyll forest to rainforest. It is the most common of the tree ferns accounting for 95 % of this group in southeast Australia. Four females recorded by Palmer and Mound (1983) from tree ferns in Victoria as being close to S. pan Mound & Walker from New Zealand, presumably represent S. frondis. The New Zealand species differs from S. frondis in having ocellar setae III anterior to the tangent joining the anterior margins of the posterior ocelli, antennal segment III is brown, and the setae on abdominal tergite I are not long enough to reach the posterior margin of this tergite. The pronotal transverse striae of this species are more widely separated than in any other Australian member of the genus.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFC996F8347FBE1FC0FCFDE.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Yellow, antecostal ridges on tergites and sternites dark; forewings shaded near base but pale distally; antennal segment I pale, II – VIII darker. Structure: Vertex closely striate, ocellar region with several transverse lines; ocellar setae pair III about twice as long as diameter of one posterior ocellus, close together between midpoints of posterior ocelli; two pairs of post­ocular setae. Pronotum with transverse striae not closely spaced, distance between lines about equal to diameter of a discal setal pore; 2 anteromarginal setae, about 10 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 50 – 65 microns long, more than twice diameter of antennal segment II. Metanotal reticulation arcuate anteriorly but almost equiangular on posterior half, median setae close to margin. Forewing scale with 4 marginal setae; first vein setae with about 10 setae; second vein 2 ­ 3 setae; all posteromarginal fringe cilia straight. Tergite I without long discal setae, III­V median setae longer than distance between bases; tergal microtrichial fields with 4 – 6 discal setae; VIII with discal microtrichia anteromedially, posteromarginal comb complete; IX without discal microtrichia. Sternites III­VI with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae; microtrichial fields extending just mesad of S 2.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFF996E8347FD36FB87C916.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Yellow, ocellar region brown, also anterior margin of mesonotum and median area of tergites II – VIII; antecostal ridges on tergites III­VIII dark across full width of segments, on sternites III­VII shaded full width of segments; forewings weakly shaded; antennal segment I pale, II variably light brown, III – IV mainly yellow with apex brown, V­VIII dark. Structure: Vertex with closely spaced and transversely anastomosing striae, ocellar region with lines of sculpture scarcely visible; ocellar setae pair III close together, distance between their bases less than three times the diameter of the basal pores, arising almost on tangent joining anterior margins of posterior ocelli; two pairs of post­ocular setae. Pronotum with transverse striae regular and closely spaced; 4 ­ 5 anteromarginal setae, 14 ­ 17 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 about twice the length of S 1, S 3 subequal to S 1. Metanotal reticulation transverse anteriorly but almost equiangular on posterior half, median setae posterior of margin. Forewing scale with 4 marginal setae; first vein setae 10 ­ 12 + 1 ­ 2 + 1 ­ 2 + 0 ­ 1 + 0 ­ 1; second vein 2 ­ 4 setae; basal posteromarginal fringe cilia wavy but distal cilia straight. Tergites III­V median setae short, distance between bases about 3 times the length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII and IX without discal microtrichia medially, posteromarginal comb on VIII complete. Sternites III­VI with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae; microtrichial fields weak, scarcely extending mesad of S 3. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1050. Head, length 60; width 150; p. o. S 1 20. Pronotum, length 90; width 160; posteromarginal setae S 1 15, S 2 30. Forewing length 600. Antennal segments III – VI, 38, 35, 35, 40. Male macroptera. Similar in colour and sculpture to female, but smaller; tergite IX with pair of rather short, pale drepanae; aedeagus without stout spines.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFF996E8347FD36FB87C916.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype female. South Australia, 30 km northwest of Whyalla, from Acacia papyrocarpa [Leguminosae], 29. xii. 1997 (LAM 3375). Paratypes: 30 females and 5 males collected with holotype. Material excluded from type series: Northern Territory, Standley Chasm, 20 females from Acacia kempeana, 31 ­ x­ 1999 (LAM 3760); Serpentine Gorge, 3 females from A. kempeana, 1 ­ xi­ 1999 (LAM 3768); Standley Chasm, 35 females 2 males from Acacia macdonellensis, 31 ­ x­ 1999 (LAM 3759), 1 ­ xi­ 1999 (LAM 3771), and 2 ­ xi­ 1999 (LAM 3782).	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFF996E8347FD36FB87C916.taxon	discussion	Comments. This is part of a species complex on Acacia foliage, together with the new species S. akakia, S. moneres and S. quadriseta, in which the ocellar region lacks definite sculpture, and the first abdominal tergite lacks setae, but in which the patterns of inter­population variation are difficult to interpret. The non­paratypic specimens listed above are very similar to those of the type series but generally have none of the posteromarginal cilia on the forewing undulating, although a few have one or more of these cilia faintly wavy. Moreover, these specimens from central Australia have the pronotal striae more widely spaced than the members of the type series, and some of those from Acacia macdonellensis have pronotal setae S 2 shorter than the width of the second antennal segment. Also, the specimens from A. kempeana and A. macdonellensis have the median setae on tergites four and five more closely spaced; the interval between them being little more than their length, and the posterior half of tergite IX usually bears many microtrichia. It is not possible to know if such small differences are stable population differences or merely the result of a localised founder effect. One female collected with the holotype contained in the abdomen two larval Hymenoptera – Perilampidae. This slide has been deposited with John Heraty, Department of Entomology, University of California at Riverside, U. S. A.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFE99618347FB64FE1FC9E6.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Light brown, tergites paler laterally, mesonotum pale on posterior half; antecostal ridges on tergites III­VIII dark across full width of segments, on sternites III­VII shaded full width of segments; forewings uniformly deeply shaded; antennal segment I pale, II dark, segments III­V dark with base paler, VI – VIII uniformly dark. Structure: Head slightly wider than long, mouth cone long but projecting ventrally; vertex with transversely anastomosing striae, ocellar region reticulate; bases of ocellar setae pair III separated approximately by the length of these setae, arising anterior to tangent between anterior margins of posterior ocelli; two pairs of post­ocular setae approximately 0.75 as long as ocellar setae pair III. Pronotum with transverse striae irregular and widely separated; with 2 pairs of anteromarginal setae, 9 ­ 11 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 about three times the length of S 1, S 3 subequal to S 1. Metanotal reticulation almost equiangular, median setae on anterior margin. Forewing scale with 3 ­ 4 marginal setae; first vein setae 2 ­ 7 + 1 ­ 7 + 1 ­ 3 + 1 + 0 ­ 1 + 0 ­ 1; second vein 3 ­ 4 setae; posteromarginal fringe cilia wavy. Tergites III­V median setae long and widely spaced, distance between bases at least 2 times the length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VII with posteromarginal comb extending mesad of discal seta II, usually complete medially; VIII with no discal microtrichia medially, posteromarginal comb complete; tergite IX with discal microtrichia scarcely visible. Sternal microtrichial fields weak, not extending mesad of marginal setae II. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1250. Head, length 85; width 140; p. o. S 1 12. Pronotum, length 100; width 150; posteromarginal setae S 1 10, S 2 38. Forewing length 700. Antennal segments III – VI, 45, 45, 40, 45. Male macroptera. Similar in colour and sculpture to female, but smaller; tergite VII without posteromarginal microtrichia; abdominal segment IX with pair of dark drepanae with acute apices curving dorsally; parameres each with rounded knob on external margin near base, aedeagus without spines.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFE99618347FB64FE1FC9E6.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype Female. Queensland, Brisbane, from Lepidozamia peroffskyana [Zamiaceae], 2. xii. 2000 (J. Hall). Paratypes: 19 females and 2 males collected with the holotype.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFFE99618347FB64FE1FC9E6.taxon	discussion	Comments. This species is unusual in the genus Scirtothrips in having the posteromarginal comb of microtrichia on tergite VII complete or almost complete, a character state that it shares only with S. helenae amongst the Australian species. Moreover, it has an unusually long mouth cone, although not as long as in the other Australian member of this genus that lives on cycads, S. tenor (Bhatti & Mound). The native range of the cycad, L. peroffskyana, is south­eastern Queensland and north­eastern New South Wales, from the ranges north­west of Brisbane to the Manning River district. Typically it is found scattered through wet sclerophyll forests or on rainforest margins, but is cultivated as an ornamental in sub­tropical areas.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF199608347FAD4FB9FCF0E.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Yellow, anterior margin of head light brown; antecostal ridges dark on tergites III­VIII and on sternites V­VII; forewings strongly shaded in basal half but paler toward apex; antennal segment I pale, III – VIII dark. Structure: Vertex with transversely anastomosing striae, ocellar region transversely striate; ocellar setae pair III further apart than their length, rising near margins of ocellar triangle; two pairs of post­ocular setae longer than ocellar setae III. Pronotum with transverse striae wavy and widely separated; 2 anteromarginal setae, 8 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 slightly longer than width of antennal segment II. Metanotum weakly longitudinally reticulate, median setae close to margin. Forewing scale with 3 marginal setae; first vein setae 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1; second vein 2 setae; posteromarginal fringe cilia undulating except near apex. Tergite I without discal setae, III­V median setae longer than distance between bases; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with no discal microtrichia medially, posteromarginal comb complete; tergite IX with discal microtrichia on posterior half. Sternites with microtrichial fields extending almost to S 2.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF099638347FD7CFC8BC85E.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Mainly yellow, brown markings in ocellar triangle, on mesonotum, and medially on tergites II – VII, tergite IX light brown; antecostal ridges dark on tergites III­VIII across full width of segments, on sternites III­VII shaded full width of segments; forewings weakly shaded, paler toward apex; antennal segment I pale, II dark, III – IV pale in basal half, V – VIII dark. Structure: Vertex with closely spaced, transversely anastomosing striae, but ocellar region without sculpture lines; bases of ocellar setae pair III separated approximately by the length of these setae, arising within triangle in front of tangent joining anterior margins of posterior ocelli; only one pair of post­ocular setae; ocellar and postocular setae stout with apices blunt. Pronotum with transverse striae weak, irregular and widely separated; 4 ­ 6 anteromarginal setae, 7 ­ 11 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 about twice length of S 1, S 3 subequal to S 1; pronotal setae all slightly flattened and blunt. Metanotum weakly and irregularly reticulate, median setae posterior of margin. Forewing scale with 3 ­ 4 marginal setae; first vein setae 3 ­ 4 + 1 ­ 7 + 1 ­ 4 + 1 ­ 2 + 1; second vein 1 ­ 2 setae; posteromarginal fringe cilia straight. Tergite I without discal setae, III­V median setae short, distance between bases at least 1.5 times the length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with few rows of microtrichia and 3 discal setae, the lateral pairs much stouter than the median pairs; VIII with no discal microtrichia medially, posteromarginal comb complete; tergite IX with very weak discal microtrichia on posterior half. Sternites with microtrichial fields weak or absent. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1050. Head, length 70; width 150; p. o. S 1 18. Pronotum, length 85; width 165; posteromarginal setae S 1 12, S 2 30. Forewing length 650. Antennal segments III – VI, 40, 33, 33, 37. Male macroptera. Similar in colour and sculpture to female, but smaller; abdominal segment IX with pair of dark grooved drepanae with pointed apices curving dorsally; aedeagus without paired array of spines.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF099638347FD7CFC8BC85E.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype Female. Western Australia, Wittenoom Gorge, from Acacia sp., 25. ix. 1995 (LAM 2846). Paratypes: 9 females collected with holotype. Northern Territory, 30 km south of Elliot, 17 females, 1 male from Acacia sp., 17. v. 1999 (LAM 3719); Humpty Doo, 1 female from Melaleuca white flowers, 29 ­ xii­ 1995 (LAM 2925); Queensland, 5 km north of Hughenden, 5 females from Acacia sp. gall, 31. vii. 1993 (LAM 2557). Material excluded from type series: Western Australia 30 km west of Hamersley Gorge, 7 females from Acacia? atkinsiana, 26 ­ ix­ 1995 (LAM 2857); 80 km northwest of Wittenoom, 4 females from Acacia sp., 23 ­ ix­ 1995 (LAM 2819); Northern Territory, 150 km north of Tenant Creek, 3 females from Acacia sp. 25 ­ vii­ 1993 (LAM 2521).	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF099638347FD7CFC8BC85E.taxon	discussion	Comments. S. moneres has the major setae unusually stout and blunt, but is similar to S. tenor in having the tergal microtrichial fields exceptionally weak and the sternites almost devoid of microtrichia, in contrast to most members of the genus Scirtothrips. However, these two species are only the extremes of the range of variation in microtrichia development that is exhibited by Australian Scirtothrips species. In lacking sculpture within the ocellar triangle and in lacking setae on the first abdominal tergite, S. moneres appears closely related to two of the other Acacia ­ living Scirtothrips species described here, S. kirrhos and S. quadriseta. It has a wide geographic range in northern Australia, probably in association with more than one species of Acacia. The series taken from galls on Acacia in Queensland is almost certainly an opportunistic exploitation of a protective structure, but the single female collected from Melaleuca was presumably a vagrant and not associated with flowers on this plant. The S. moneres holotype and paratypes listed above all have most of the setae on the dorsal surface of the head and thorax curiously blunt and flattened rather than setiform. The specimens listed as excluded from the type series all have typical setiform setae, long and slender with a tapering point, as in other species of Scirtothrips. Despite the difference in form of their setae, no other differences have been noted on these specimens that might distinguish them from S. moneres. Currently it is not possible to decide whether they might be distinct genetically, or if the setal form is the result of local environmental conditions.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF399658347FAACFE57CCEE.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Yellow, compound eyes with 4 ommatidia weakly to deeply shaded; tergites II – VIII brown medially, ocellar triangle and anterior half of mesonotum sometimes brown; antecostal ridges on tergites III­VIII dark medially but paler laterally; sternal antecostal ridges on III­VII dark; forewings uniformly weakly shaded; antennal segment 1 pale, II variable, III – IV pale with apex shaded, V ­ VIII dark. Structure: Vertex closely striate, ocellar triangle with transverse lines; bases of ocellar setae pair III usually separated by at least the length of these setae, arising well anterior of tangent to anterior margins of posterior ocelli toward margins of ocellar triangle; three pairs of post­ocular setae at least as long as ocellar setae pair III; mouth cone long, extending to mesosternum. Pronotum with anastomosing transverse striae closely spaced; 6 ­ 8 anteromarginal setae, 12 ­ 20 discal setae; 5 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 about twice the length of S 1, S 1 subequal to S 3 and both longer than S 4 and S 5. Metanotal sculpture transversely reticulate anteriorly and longitudinally reticulate posteriorly; median setae close to margin. Forewing scale with 4 ­ 5 marginal setae; first vein setae 3 ­ 14 + 1 ­ 9 + 1 ­ 2 + 0 ­ 1 + 0 ­ 1; second vein 4 ­ 6 setae; proximal posteromarginal fringe cilia straight. Bases of median tergal setae on segments III­V almost in­line with tergal discal setae, separated by no more than 0.75 times the length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with a few discal microtrichia anteromedially, posteromarginal comb interrupted medially; tergite IX with microtrichia on posterior half. Sternites III­VI with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae; microtrichia reduced, scarcely extending mesad of S 3. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1300. Head, length 75; width 175; p. o. S 1 20. Pronotum, length 125; width 190; posteromarginal setae S 1 13, S 2 30. Forewing length 750. Antennal segments III – VI, 52, 47, 35, 47. Male macroptera. Similar in colour and sculpture to female, but smaller; abdominal segment IX without paired drepanae, anterior margin convex and extending into segment VIII; aedeagus without paired array of spines laterally, but with group of small spines at apex.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF399658347FAACFE57CCEE.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype female. Western Australia, 20 km west of Millstream, from Acacia xiphophylla [Leguminosae], 23. ix. 1995. (LAM 2810). Paratypes: 7 females and 1 male collected with holotype; 40 km southwest of Yalgoo, 3 females from Acacia ramulosa, 26. iv. 1997 (LAM 3237); Material excluded from type series: Western Australia, 50 km south east of Wittenoom, 9 females from? Crotalaria flowers, 24. ix. 1995 (LAM 2823); 170 km south of Carnarvon, 1 female from Acacia grasbyi 25. iv. 1997 (LAM 3219); 75 km southwest of Yalgoo, 1 female collected from Acacia sp. 26. iv. 1997 (LAM 3239); 100 km west of Paraburdoo, 1 female collected from Acacia sp. 23. iv. 1997 (LAM 3207); Queensland, 15 km west of Mt Glorious, 3 females and 3 males collected from Acacia bipinnate sp., 19. iii. 2002 (LAM 4127); Australian Capital Territory, Casuarina Sands, 1 female collected from Acacia mearnsii, 6. xii. 1994 (LAM 2606).	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF399658347FAACFE57CCEE.taxon	discussion	Comments. The three paratypes from Acacia ramulosa have a clearly defined brown area medially on the tergites, whereas the females taken with the holotype have this area with weak and diffuse shading. The non­paratypic females listed above from Crotalaria flowers near Wittenoom are all considerably darker than the type series. They not only have the tergites extensively brown, but the forewing second vein bears 8 – 12 setae, and ocellar setae pair III arise further apart close to the anterior margins of the ocellar triangle. In contrast, the specimens from Mt Glorious, Queensland, are considerably smaller and clear yellow, with ocellar setae III separated by no more than the diameter of the first ocellus. Moreover the males in this sample have a paired array of slender spines laterally on the aedeagus. The pattern of variation amongst these specimens excluded from the type series of S. pilbara is such that it is not possible to conclude how many species might be involved. Even the single female taken from near Canberra cannot be distinguished with confidence from the Western Australian specimens. Presumably this species­group, in which the mouth cone usually extends to the mesosternum, is associated with various species of Acacia.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF599658347FDDCFCCFCA61.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Dark brown, head and tergites IX­X darkest; antecostal ridges on tergites III­VIII dark across full width of segments, on sternites III­VII shaded full width of segments; forewings uniformly light brown; antennal segments brown, I and III – VIII paler than head. Structure: Vertex with closely spaced and transversely anastomosing striae, but ocellar region without lines of sculpturing; bases of ocellar setae pair III arising within ocellar triangle, separated approximately by the length of these setae, arising anterior to tangent between anterior margins of posterior ocelli; two pairs of post­ocular setae. Pronotum with transverse striae closely spaced but irregular; 4 ­ 8 anteromarginal setae, 15 ­ 22 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 variable but no more than 1.5 times as long as S 1, S 3 subequal to S 1. Metanotum transversely reticulate anteriorly, equiangular medially, but longitudinally reticulate on posterior half, median setae posterior to margin. Forewing scale with 3 ­ 5 marginal setae; first vein with 10 – 14 setae, 1 ­ 4 + 1 ­ 5 + 1 ­ 3 + 1 ­ 2 + 1 ­ 2 + 0 ­ 1 + 0 ­ 1 + 0 ­ 1; second vein 2 ­ 4 setae; posteromarginal fringe cilia mainly straight but wavy near base of wing. Tergites III­IV median setae short, distance between bases at least 1.25 times the length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with no discal microtrichia medially, posteromarginal comb complete; tergite IX with discal microtrichia on posterior half. Sternites III­VI usually with 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae; microtrichial fields reduced to 5 or 6 rows of microtrichia anterolaterally. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1050. Head, length 70; width 150; p. o. S 1 15. Pronotum, length 95; width 190; posteromarginal setae S 1 12, S 2 20. Forewing length 650. Antennal segments III – VI, 38, 35, 35, 38.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF599658347FDDCFCCFCA61.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype Female. Western Australia, 20 km south of Yalgoo, from Acacia aneura [Leguminosae], 26. iv. 1997 (LAM 3230). Paratypes: 9 females collected with holotype; Western Australia, 6 km north of Meekatharra, 9 females from Acacia brachystachia, 20. iv. 1997 (LAM 3163).	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF599658347FDDCFCCFCA61.taxon	discussion	Comments. This species is related to S. kirrhos and S. moneres, but has short pronotal posteromarginal setae. Moreover, many of the available specimens are remarkable in having four pairs of posteromarginal setae on the sternites, a character state that otherwise has been seen only in a few individuals of S. tenor.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF499648347FECCFD0CCB49.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Colour: Dark brown, head almost black; antecostal ridges on tergites III­VIII dark across full width of segments, on sternites III­VII shaded; forewings uniformly but weakly shaded; antennal segments dark, segments III­V paler near base. Structure: Head broad across eyes, constricted to base; vertex not closely striate, with striae transversely anastomosing, ocellar region without lines of sculpture; bases of ocellar setae pair III closer together than length of these setae, arising between midpoints of posterior ocelli; two pairs of post­ocular setae approximately as long as ocellar setae pair III; mouth cone long, extending between fore coxae. Antennae with 7 segments. Pronotum with transverse striae irregular and widely separated; with 1 pair of anteromarginal setae, 6 ­ 8 discal setae; 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae, S 2 about twice length of S 1, S 3 subequal to S 1. Metanotal reticulation almost equiangular, median setae well behind margin. Forewing scale with 3 ­ 4 marginal setae; first vein setae 3 ­ 4 + 6 ­ 7 + 1 + 1 + 0 ­ 1 + 0 ­ 1; second vein with 1 seta; posteromarginal fringe cilia straight. Tergites III­V median setae small and widely spaced, distance between bases at least 3.5 times the length of these setae; tergal microtrichial fields with 3 discal setae; VIII with no discal microtrichia, posteromarginal comb complete; tergite IX with no discal microtrichia. Sternites with lateral microtrichial fields weak, extending mesad of S 3 marginal setae, apparently absent on sternite VII. Measurements of holotype female. Body length 1150. Head, length 100; width 200; p. o. S 1 20. Pronotum, length 75; width 180; posteromarginal setae S 1 13, S 2 25. Forewing length 750. Antennal segments III – VI, 42, 40, 40, 50.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF499648347FECCFD0CCB49.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype Female. Western Australia, 10 km west of Wave Rock, near Hyden, from Allocasuarina sp. [Casuarinaceae], 4. x. 1995 (LAM 2896). Paratypes: 4 females collected with holotype; Western Australia, Kalbari, 1 female on Acacia sp. branches, 4. x. 1995 (LAM 3797).	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
0391C840FFF499648347FECCFD0CCB49.taxon	discussion	Comments. Only one other member of this genus is known with seven segmented antennae. That is S. casuarinae, a species that was also taken on the foliage of a young specimen of the Casuarinaceae. Allocasuarina and Casuarina species are similar xerophytic plants with highly modified “ drooping ” foliage. This thrips was associated with the young foliage of a small shrubby species.	en	Hoddle, Mark S., Mound, Laurence A. (2003): The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157021
