Sciothrips cardamomi (Ramakrishna)
Nomenclature
Taeniothrips cardamomi Ramakrishna 1935
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body dark brown. Pronotum smooth, 2 posteromarginal setae pairs. Metanotum with median faint sculpture but reticulate basally; median setae pair far behind anterior margin. Forewing first vein with a series of setae broadly interrupted beyond basal third; second vein with 5 setae, placed apart. Abdominal tergites I–VIII fully sculptured; I–VII with lateral triangular pointed teeth along posterior margin; II with 3 lateral marginal setae; VI–VIII with reduced S3 seta; VIII with a complete posteromarginal comb. Intermediate abdominal sternites with lateral dentate microtrichia along posterior margin.
specimens collected on
Elettaria cardamomum (Zingiberaceae) (Rachana et al., 2020)
Distribution
Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (Bhatti, 1990; Rachana et al., 2020)
References
Bhatti, J. S., 1990, Catalogue of insects of the Order Terebrantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (J. Pure Appl. Zool.)., 2: 205–352.
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.
Ramakrishna, T. V., 1935, A new species of Thysanoptera from S. India (Taeniothrips cardamomi, sp. nov.). Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Entomology Series, 7: 258–265.
