Lefroyothrips varatharajani Rachana & Manjunath
Nomenclature
Lefroyothrips varatharajani Rachana & Manjunath, 2020
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body and legs yellow. Head with ocellar setae III twice the length of postocular setae I, arising almost at the centre of the tangent between the fore and hind ocelli; postocular setae arising in a row parallel to eye margin, pair II distinctly shorter than others. Pronotum slightly widened towards base; three or four pairs of posteromarginal setae. Metanotum with reticulate sculpture medially, longitudinal striations laterally; median pair of setae darker and stouter than sub-median pair. Fore wing slightly yellow with two narrow brown cross bands at sub-basal and subapical areas; first vein with 7 proximal and 2 distal setae; second vein with 13–18 setae. Hind tibia with two stout spines at apex; hind tarsus with a pair of stout spines at apex. Abdominal tergite I striate; VIII with complete posteromarginal comb of long and fine microtrichia; IX with two pairs of campaniform sensilla; X with incomplete median slit. Abdominal sternite VII with median pair of setae arise ahead of posterior margin.
Male macroptera: Similar to female but paler and smaller. Abdominal tergite IX with three pairs of stout, dark thorn like setae, anterior median pair the stoutest, posterior median pair the shortest. Abdominal sternites III–VII each with a transverse pore plate slightly constricted at middle.
specimens collected on
Mimusops elengi (Sapotaceae) (Rachana and Manjunath, 2020)
Distribution
Karnataka (Rachana and Manjunath, 2020)
References
Rachana, R.R. and Kenchannavar, M., 2020, A new species of the genus Lefroyothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India. Zootaxa, 4896(4): 591–594.
