Ceratothripoides claratris (Shumsher)
Nomenclature
Taeniothrips claratris Shumsher, 1946: 178.
Mycterothrips moultoni Seshadri and Ananthakrishnan, 1954: 213.
Ceratothrips reticulatus Reyes, 1994: 183.
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Head with transverse striae posteriorly; ocellar pair III long, within ocellar triangle; small postocular setae. Antennal segments III and IV yellow, with a forked sense cone. Pronotum with transverse striae; 4 posteromarginal seta pairs. Metanotum with median reticulations; longitudinally striate laterally; median setae at anterior margin; without campaniform sensilla. Forewing pale, lightly shaded with brown medially; first vein with 2 distal setae; second vein with complete setae row. Abdominal tergite VIII with posteromarginal comb complete with well developed microtrichia.
specimens collected on
Adhatoda vasica (Acanthaceae), Solanum melongena (Solanaceae) (Ananthakrishnan & Sen, 1980; Rachana et al., 2020)
Distribution
Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu (Bhatti, 1990; Rachana et al., 2020)
References
Ananthakrishnan, T. N. and Sen, S., 1980, Taxonomy of Indian thysanoptera. Zool. Surv. India. (Handb. Ser.)., 1:1–234.
Bhatti, J. S., 1990, Catalogue of insects of the Order Terebrantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (J. Pure Appl. Zool.)., 2: 205–352.
Rachana, R.R., Rayar, S.G., Giraddi, R.S., Kalappanavar, I.K. and Alagundagi, S.C., 2020, New records of terebrantian thrips from Karnataka, India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(4):2189–2192.
Reyes, C.P., 1994, Thysanoptera (Hexapoda) of the Philippine Islands. Raffles Bull. Zool., 42(2):107–507.
Seshadri, A. and Ananthakrishnan, T.N., 1954, Some new Indian Thysanoptera - 1. Indian J. Entomol., 16: 210–226.
Shumsher, S., 1946, Studies on the systematics of Indian Terebrantia. Indian J. Entomol., 7: 147–188.
