Jakthrips ignacimuthui Bhatti and Ranganath
Nomenclature
Jakthrips ignacimuthui Bhatti and Ranganath, 2006: 379.
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body black. Antennae 7 segmented, III–IV each with a forked sense cone. Head with ocellar setae III long, outside ocellar triangle; postocular setae in 2 rows, setae 2 placed far backwards, setae IV the longest. Pronotum trough shaped, 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae. Metanotum with longitudinal striations; median setae arising behind anterior margin. Banded forewing, apex pale, first vein with 6–7 proximal and 3 distal setae; second vein with 12–13 setae. Hind tibia with a row of 7 stout spines on inner side and one at median of posterior margin. Abdominal tergite VIII without posteromarginal comb. Abdominal sternites II–VII with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae.
Male macroptera: Similar to female but smaller. Abdominal sternites II–VIII with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae; III–VII with inverted U shaped pore glands.
specimens collected on
Artocarpus heterophyllus (Moraceae) (Bhatti & Ranganath, 2006)
Distribution
Kerala, Karnataka (Bhatti & Ranganath, 2006; Rachana & Varatharajan, 2016)
References
Bhatti, J. S. and Ranganath, H. R., 2006, A remarkable new thripid (Terebrantia: Thripidae) from jak trees (Moraceae) in Bangalore (Karnataka), India. Orient. Insects, 40: 379–380.
Rachana, R. R. and Varatharajan, R., 2016, Additions to the terebrantian (Insecta: Thysanoptera) fauna of Kerala, India. J. Appl. Natural Sci., 8 (3):
1507–1509.
