Thrips malloti Priesner
Nomenclature
Thrips (Isoneurothrips) malloti Priesner, 1934: 269.
Thrips (Isoneurothrips) addendus Priesner, 1934: 270.
Isoneurothrips rosaceae Moulton, 1936: 272
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body dark brown, legs pale yellow; forewing brown with basal fourth. Head with ocellar setae III on margin of ocellar triangle. Postocular setae I and III slightly longer than hind ocelli diameter, II and IV minute. Antennae 7 segmented. Pronotum sculptured with transverse striae; posteromarginal setae 2 or 3 pairs, setae I the longest. Metascutum reticulate; median pair of setae far from anterior margin. Forewing first vein with complete setae row. Abdominal tergite II with 4 marginal setae laterally; VIII without comb. Abdominal sternites without discal setae; VII with S1 setae far from posterior margin; pleurotergites with no discal setae.
specimens collected on
Jasminum sambac (Oleaceae), Premna obtusifolia (Verbenaceae), Vitex negundo (Lamiaceae) (Tyagi & Kumar, 2008; Rachana, 2020)
Distribution
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh (Bhatti, 1990; Tyagi & Kumar, 2008)
References
Bhatti, J. S., 1990, Catalogue of insects of the Order Terebrantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (J. Pure Appl. Zool.)., 2: 205–352.
Moulton, D., 1936, Thysanoptera of the Philippine Islands. Philippine J. Agric., 7: 263–273.
Priesner, H., 1934, Indomalayische Thysanopteren VII [as VI]. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indie., 94: 254–290.
Rachana, R. R., 2020, Systematic studies on Terebrantian thrips of Karnataka, India. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.
Tyagi, K. and Kumar, V., 2008, Checklist of Terebrantia (Thysanoptera) recorded from Karnataka. Biosystematica, 2(1): 41–48.
