R. Marullo, Gall thrips of the Austro-Pacific genus Euoplothrips Hood (Thysanoptera), with a new species from Australia, IN SYST EVO, 32(1), 2001, pp. 93-98
The members of Euoplothrips are probably all kleptoparasites on various gal
l-inducing thrips. A new species of the genus, E. platypodae, is described
from Gynaikothrips leaf galls on Ficus platypoda in Western Australia. Thre
e different species from Tonga, Samoa and the Solomon Islands are each know
n from leaf galls on Ficus. In contrast, the eastern Australian species E.
bagnalli is recorded from the leaf galls of other thrips on Smilax australi
s and Alyxia spicata. E. armatus Moulton from Papua New Guinea is included
as a further synonym of E. bagnalli. A key is provided to distinguish these
five species. E. malaburica is also included although it is known only fro
m the original description and is probably not congeneric.