Pseudodendrothrips umbrolateralis Rachana, Amarendra & Gracy
Nomenclature
Pseudodendrothrips umbrolateralis Rachana, Amarendra & Gracy, 2022
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body yellowish brown with laterally shaded abdomen; head shaded between antennae; abdominal tergite I shaded; fore wing slightly dusky with base, sub-base and apex paler, clavus shaded. Head sculptured with transverse anastomosing striae throughout dorsally; ocellar setae III stout and situated between anterior inner margin of hind ocelli. Antennae 9- segmented, segments III and IV with forked sense cones. Pronotum with transverse anastomosing lines, small dots or wrinkles between lines, longitudinal brown patches medially and sub-laterally. Metanotum with longitudinal lines at middle and reticulate laterally with weak wrinkles between lines. Fore wing first vein with 7 setae, setae stout except a pale basal seta; clavus with 2+1 setae; posteromarginal cilia straight. Abdominal tergite I sculptured with longitudinally elongated reticulations between S1 setae, prominent wrinkles between reticulations; II–VII with a few microtrichia at posterior margin medially; VIII with a complete posteromarginal comb; IX with rows of microtrichia at posterior half, three pairs of setae near posterior margin; X with numerous microtrichia on posterior half.
Male macroptera: General structure very similar to female, but smaller and paler. Fore wing uniformly dusky.
specimens collected on
Unknown
Distribution
Tamil Nadu (Rachana et al., 2022)
References
Rachana, R.R., Amarendra, B. and Gracy, R.G., 2022. Studies on Pseudodendrothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from India, with one new species. Zootaxa, 5209(3): 365–372.
