La. Mound, JACOTIA FAURE (PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE), A SECOND GENUS OF THYSANOPTERA WITH DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH-AFRICA, Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 34, 1995, pp. 90-94
The genus Jacotia has been known from a single species, J. elegiae Fau
re, described from Cape Province, South Africa. Three new species of t
his genus are described from Australia: J. glyptus sp.n. from Canberra
, J. idaeus sp.n. from eastern New South Wales and Queensland, and J.
palmerae sp.n. from the south-western area of the Simpson Desert in So
uth Australia, These are small, fungus-feeding species living at groun
d level. Two species vibrate their anal tube vigorously when disturbed
.