Lefroyothrips lefroyi (Bagnall)
Nomenclature
Physothrips lefroyi Bagnall, 1913: 292.
Taeniothrips cuscutae Priesner, 1938: 500.
Taeniothrips (Lefroyothrips) theiphilus Priesner, 1938: 501.
Taeniothrips devii Arora and Bhatti, 1960: 141.
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Head wider than long; interocellar setae inside ocellar triangle; postocular setae longer than preocellar setae. Antennae 8 segmented, I and III yellow, II and IV-VIII brown, II, IV and V with pale base; III and IV with a forked sense cone. Pronotum smooth, setose; subequal inner and outer posteroangular setae pairs; 3 posteromarginal setae pairs. Legs yellow. Forewing yellow with 2 narrow, dark cross bands; pale apex; first vein with 7 basal, 2 distal setae; second vein with 14 setae. Mesonotum weakly striate, median pair placed far ahead of posterior margin. Metanotum reticulate; median setae much longer than submedian setae, placed near anterior margin. Abdominal tergite VIII with complete posteromarginal comb; IX and X with long, pointed, dark apical setae; X entire. Abdominal stemites without accessory setae.
specimens collected on
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (Theaceae); Triticum aestivum L. (Poaceae) (Ananthakrishnan & Sen, 1980; Rachana et al., 2020)
Distribution
Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (Rachana et al., 2020)
References
Ananthakrishnan, T. N. and Sen, S., 1980, Taxonomy of Indian thysanoptera. Zool. Surv. India. (Handb. Ser.)., 1:1–234.
Arora, G. L. and Bhatti, J. S., 1960, Taeniothrips devii sp.nov. from Hoshiarpur. Research Bulletin (New Series) of the Punjab University, 11: 141–145.
Bagnall, R. S., 1913, Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera I. Ann. Magazine Natural History, 12 (8): 290–299.
Priesner, H., 1938, Materialen zu einer Revision der Taeniothrips-Arten (Thysanoptera) des indomalayischen Faunengebietes. Treubia., 16: 469–526.
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.
