Rhipiphorothrips concoloratus Zhang and Tong
Nomenclature
Rhipiphorothrips concoloratus Zhang and Tong 1993
Diagnosis
Male macroptera: Body and legs brown, tarsi yellow, fore tibiae brown, mid and hind tibiae brown, yellow basally, femora yellow basally, rest brown; antennal segments I–VI yellow with brown apex, VI, VII–VIII brown; fore wing yellow infused brown, clavus brown. Antennae 8-segmented; III–IV each with forked sense cone, stalked base short. Pronotum round, rugose, with minute setae. Mesonotum fully divided longitudinally; metanotal triangle strongly sculptured, with thick lateral margins, extending beyond posterior margin. Fore wing apex round, posterior fringe cilia straight. Fore leg stout; tarsi 1-segmented. Abdominal tergites strongly sculptured except medially; tergite I sculptured but indistinctly sculptured medially; tergite X with a pair of small, fan shaped setae. Abdominal sternites III–VII each with a very small circular pore gland on postero median to the antecostal ridge.
specimens collected on
Unidentified weed (Malvaceae) (Rachana et al., 2023)
Distribution
Assam (Rachana et al., 2023)
References
Rachana, R.R., Rudramuni, T., Gandhi, G.R. and Swathi, R.S., 2023. New record of two thrips species (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia: Thripidae) from India along with redescription, host association and DNA barcode of Euphysothrips minozzii Bagnall. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 43(5): 1675–1681.
Zhang, W.X. and Tong, X.L., 1993. Notes on some Panchaetothripinae species from Xishuangbanna, with description of a new species (Thripidae: Thysanoptera). Journal of South China Agricultural University., 14:51–54.
