Hoplothrips giganteus Mound & Wang & Tree 2020, sp. n. ...

Hoplothrips giganteus sp. n. (Figs 7, 33, 48, 65) Female macroptera. Body, legs and antennae dark brown, tarsi paler also base of antennal segments III–V; major setae pale; fore wings pale. Head with weak transverse sculpture lines except between eyes; genae convex; genae appearing serrated with stout setae arising from small tubercles; compound eyes large, more than one third of head length; postocular setae wide apart, pointed, less than half as long as dorsal eye length; maxillary stylets retracted to postocular setae and close together medially (Fig. 7). Antennal segment III slender with 3 sense cones, IV slender with 4 sense cones, VIII weakly narrowed to base (Fig. 33). Pronotum with faint sculpture around margins; major setae pointed, small to minute, pa longest (Fig. 7). Mesonotum with transverse polygonal sculpture, lateral setae small; metanotum reticulate, median setae finely pointed (Fig. 48). Prosternal basantra absent, ferna triangular almost meeting medially; mesopresternum slender ... : Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., Wang, Jun & Tree, Desley J., 2020, The genus Hoplothrips in Australia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), with eleven new species, pp. 301-323 in Zootaxa 4718 (3) on pages 306-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3602430 ...