Terebrantian thrips of India

Euthrips occidentalis Pergande, 1895: 392.

Euthrips tritici californicus Moulton, 1911: 16.

Euthrips helianthi Moulton, 1911: 40.

Frankliniella tritici moultoni Hood, 1914: 38.

Frankliniella nubila Treherne, 1924: 84.

Frankliniella tritici maculata Priesner, 1925: 15.

Frankliniella claripennis Morgan, 1925: 142.

Frankliniella canadensis Morgan, 1925: 143.

Frankliniella trehernei Morgan, 1925: 144.

Frankliniella occidentalis brunnescens Priesner, 1932: 182.

Frankliniella occidentalis dubia Priesner, 1932: 182.

Frankliniella venusta Moulton, 1936: 172.

Frankliniella conspicua Moulton, 1936: 173.

Frankliniella chrysanthemi Kurosawa, 1941: 173.

Frankliniella dahliae Moulton, 1948: 97.

Frankliniella dianthi Moulton, 1948: 98.

Frankliniella syringae Moulton, 1948: 98.

Frankliniella umbrosa Moulton, 1948: 105.

Female macroptera: Body yellow to brown; legs yellow fused with brown; forewing pale with dark setae. Antennae 8 segmented, III–IV each with a forked sensorium. Head with ocellar pair III longer than distance between outer margins of hind ocelli, on anterior margins of ocellar triangle; postocular setae pair I present, pair IV as long as ocellar pair III. Pronotum with anteromarginal setae slightly shorter than anteroangulars, a pair of minor setae present medially between posteromarginal submedian setae. Metanotum with median setae pair at the anterior margin. Abdominal tergite VIII with complete posteromarginal comb, with minute slender microtrichia arising from triangular bases. Abdominal sternites III–VII without accessory setae.

Male macroptera: Similar to female but smaller; abdominal tergite VIII without posteromarginal comb; IX with median dorsal setae pair shorter than lateral pair; abdominal sternites III–VII each with a transverse pore plate.

Erythrina indica Lam. (Fabaceae), Solanum lycopersicum L. (Solanaceae) (Tyagi & Kumar, 2016; Rachana & Varatharajan, 2018)

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (Tyagi & Kumar, 2016; Rachana & Varatharajan, 2018)

Hood, J. D., 1914, On the proper generic names of certain Thysanoptera of economic importance. Proceed. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 16: 34–44.

Kurosawa, 1941, A quarantine interception of a new Frankliniella (Thysanoptera) from Hawaii. Kontyu, 15: 173–175.

Morgan, A.C., 1925, Six new species of Frankliniella and a key to the American species. Can. Entomol., 57: 138–147.

Moulton, D. 1936. New California Thysanoptera. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 11: 170–174.

Moulton, D., 1911, Synopsis, catalogue and bibliography of North American Thysanoptera, with descriptions of new species. Technical series, USDA Bureau of Entomology, 21: 1–56.

Moulton, D., 1948, The genus Frankliniella Karny, with keys for the determination of species (Thysanoptera). Revista de Entomologia., 19: 55–114.

Pergande, T., 1895, Observations on certain Thripidae. Insect Life, 7: 390–395.

Priesner, H., 1925, Neue Thysanopteren. Dtsche. Entomol. Z., 1925: 13–28.

Priesner, H., 1932, Neue Thysanopteren aus Mexiko, gesammelt von Prof Dr A Dampf Teil 1. Wiener Entomologischer Zeitung, 49: 170–185.

Rachana, R. R. and Varatharajan, R., 2018, Two new reports of thrips (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia: Thripidae) from India. J. Threat. Taxa., 10(2): 11312 – 11315.

Treherne, R.C., 1924, Thysanoptera known to occur in Canada. Can. Entomol., 56:
82–88.

Tyagi, K. and Kumar, V., 2016, Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) of India – An updated checklist. Halteres., 7: 64–98.