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ODONTOTHRIPIELLA Bagnall 



Odontothripiella Bagnall, 1929a : 47. Type-species Odontothrips fasciatipennis, by original 

 designation. 



The three species included in this genus differ from Odontothrips species in the 

 shorter ocellar setae, the long thin apex of the trichome on antennal VI, the relatively 

 shorter fore wing setae, and the single seta at the posterior angles of the pronotum. 

 In species of Odontothrips the male phallus bears a highly distinctive array of spines, 

 but in Odontothripiella species the phallus is unarmed as in most Terebrantia. 



Odontothripiella australis (Bagnall) 



Odontothrips australis Bagnall, 1918a : 204-205. 

 Odontothripiella gracilis Bagnall, 1929a : 48. Syn. n. 



The male specimens referred to by Bagnall as australis may represent bispinosus. 

 The two species were collected together originally, and the present author has 

 examined a series of females of australis collected recently in New South Wales with 

 four males of two species of Odontothripiella. 0. gracilis is here regarded as a small 

 form of australis. 



Syntypes $. Western Australia : Perth, Mundaring Weir, in red papilion- 

 aceous flowers, 3.viii.i9i4 (E. B. Poulton). 



Holotype $ of gracilis. South Australia : Renmark, Hotel Gardens, Sweet 

 Allysum, 3.x. 1926 (R. Kelly). 



Odontothripiella bispinosa (Bagnall) 



Odontothrips bispinosus Bagnall, 1918a : 203-204. 



The unique female upon which this species is based was collected with australis 

 and is very similar to that species except for the pair of remarkable spines on the 

 abdomen. 



Holotype $. Western Australia : Perth, Mundaring Weir, in red papilion- 

 aceous flower, 3.viii.i9i4 (E. B. Poulton). 



Odontothripiella fasciatipennis (Bagnall) 



Odontothrips fasciatipennis Bagnall, 1916a : 217. 



Although similar to australis and bispinosa in the ocellar chaetotaxy and the 

 sculpture of the metanotum, fasciatipennis is quite distinct in having the second 

 quarter of the fore wing dark and the rest of the wing pale. 



LECTOTYPE $. South Australia : Adelaide. Outer Harbour, Mesembry- 

 anthemum flower, 28.viii.1914 (E. B. Poulton). 



