Arorathrips mexicanus (Crawford, D.L)
Nomenclature
Chirothrips mexicana Crawford, D.L., 1909: 114.
Chirothrips floridensis Watson, 1920: 22.
Chirothrips catchingsi Watson, 1924: 76.
Chirothrips saltensis Tapia, 1952: 109
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body dark brown. Antennae 8 segmented, III–IV with a simple sense cone; II produced exteriorly at apex. Head projected in front of eyes, 3 pairs of ocellar setae. Pronotum trapezoidal, 2 pairs of posteroangular setae a little longer than posteromarginals. Fore coxae enlarged; swollen fore femora; fore tibia extending laterally along outer margin of fore tarsus. Forewing first vein with 3 distal setae, second vein with 3–4 setae. Abdominal tergites with median sculpture lines, II–IV with a transverse row of small tubercles all along the antecostal ridge, I–VIII with craspedum. Abdominal sternites II–IV with median sculpture forming pattern of tubercles; VIII with 3 pairs of setae located marginally.
specimens collected on
Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae), Oryza sativa (Poaceae) (Rachana, 2020)
Distribution
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu (Bhatti, 1990; Tyagi & Kumar, 2016)
References
Bhatti, J. S., 1990, Catalogue of insects of the Order Terebrantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (J. Pure Appl. Zool.)., 2: 205–352.
Crawford, D. L., 1909, On some Thysanoptera from Mexico and the South. Pomona College Journal of Entomology., 1: 109–119.
Rachana, R. R., 2020, Systematic studies on Terebrantian thrips of Karnataka, India. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.
Tapia, E.A., 1952, Dos especies de Tisanopteros Argentinos nuevos para la Ciencia. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina, 54: 107–110.
Tyagi, K. and Kumar, V., 2016, Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) of India – An updated checklist. Halteres., 7: 64–98
Watson, J. R., 1920, New Thysanoptera from Florida VII. Fla. Entomol., 4: 18–23.
Watson, J. R., 1924, Synopsis and catalog of the Thysanoptera of North America. Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Florida., 168: 1–100.
