Thrips parvispinus (Karny)
Nomenclature
Isoneurothrips parvispinus Karny, 1922: 106.
Isoneurothrips jenseni Karny, 1925: 7.
Isoneurothrips pallipes Moulton, 1928: 296.
Thrips (Isoneurothrips) taiwanus Takahashi, 1936: 440.
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body brown, head and thorax lighter than abdomen; legs yellow; forewing brown with pale base. Head with ocellar setae pair III small and positioned on anterior margins of ocellar triangle; postocular setae pairs I and III marginally longer than ocellar setae pair III, pair II minute. Antennae 7 segmented, III and IV each with a forked sense cone, VII small. Pronotum with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae. Metanotum with median reticulations; with weak internal markings; median setae long and placed behind anterior margin. Forewing first and second veins with complete setae rows. Abdominal tergite II with 3 lateral marginal setae; VIII without posteromarginal comb, a few microtrichia laterally present; pleurotergites without discal setae. Abdominal sternite VII with median setae pair arising in front of posterior margin; II and VII without discal setae, III–VI with about 6–12 discal setae arranged in an irregular row.
Male macroptera: Body yellow; tergite VIII with no posteromarginal comb; sternites III–VII each with a small transverse pore plate.
specimens collected on
Polyphagous
Distribution
Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu (Tyagi et al., 2015; Rachana et al., 2022)
References
Karny, H., 1922, Thysanoptera from Siam and Indo-China. Journal of the Siam Society., 16: 91–153.
Karny, H., 1925, Die an Tabak auf Java und Sumatra angetroffenen Blasenfüsser. Bulletin van het deli Proefstation te Medan., 23: 1–55.
Moulton, D., 1928, Thysanoptera of Japan: New species, notes, and a list of all known Japanese species. Annot. Zool. Jpn., 11: 287–337.
Rachana, R.R., Roselin, P., Amutha, M., Sireesha, K. and Narasa Reddy G. 2022. Invasive pest, Thrips parvispinus (Karny) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)–a looming threat to Indian agriculture. Curr. Sci. 122 (2): 211–213.
Takahashi, 1936, Thysanoptera of Formosa. Philippines J. Sci., 60: 427– 459.
Tyagi, K., Kumar, V., Singha, D. and Chakraborty, R. 2015. Morphological and DNA barcoding evidence for invasive pest thrips, Thrips parvispinus (Thripidae: Thysanoptera), newly recorded from India. J. Ins. Sci., 15 (1): 105.
