Thrips simplex (Morison)
Nomenclature
Physothrips simplex Morison, 1930: 12.
Taeniothrips gladioli Moulton and Steinweden, 1931: 20.
Physothrips plurisetae Girault, 1933: 2.
Taeniothrips quinani Moulton, 1936: 506.
Taeniothrips gladiolicola Pussard, 1946: 774.
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body and legs dark brown; forewing brown with pale base. Head with ocellar setae pair III small and placed just inside anterior margins of ocellar triangle; postocular setae pairs I and III slightly longer than ocellar setae III, pair II minute. Antennae 8 segmented, III and IV each with a forked sense cone. Pronotum with 3 or 4 pairs of posteromarginal setae. Metanotum with median reticulations, reticles elongate posteriorly, with weak markings inside reticles; median setae pair short and placed behind anterior margin. Forewing first vein with 5 setae on distal half. Abdominal tergite II with 3 lateral marginal setae; VIII with complete posteromarginal comb but slightly irregular comb of microtrichia; pleurotergites without discal setae, sculptured with rows of ciliate microtrichia. Abdominal sternite VII with median setae pair arising ahead of posterior margin; II with 1 or 2 discal setae, III–VII with about 12 discal setae arranged in a single row.
specimens collected on
Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae), Gladiolus sp. (Iridaceae), Nelumbo sp. (Nelumbonaceae) (Akhtar & Azim, 2013; Rachana, 2020)
Distribution
Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Tripura (Bhatti, 1990; Varatharajan, 2005; Akhtar & Azim, 2013; Tyagi & Kumar, 2016)
References
Akhtar, N. and Azim, M.N., 2013. A preliminary survey of thrips (Thysanoptera) from Kashmir Himalaya. Halteres, 4: 15–18.
Bhatti, J. S., 1990, Catalogue of insects of the Order Terebrantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (J. Pure Appl. Zool.)., 2: 205–352.
Girault, A. A., 1933, Some beauties inhabitant not of commercial boudoirs but of nature's bosom, notably new insects. Privately published, Brisbane, 1–5.
Morison, G.D., 1930, On a collection of Thysanoptera from South Australia. Bull. Entomol. Res., 21: 9–14.
Moulton, D. and Steinweden, J.B., 1931, A new Taeniothrips on gladiolus. Can. Entomol., 63: 20–21.
Moulton, D., 1936, Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 17(101): 493–509
Pussard, 1946, Remarques sur deux thrips des cultures floralea. C R Acad Agric France Paris 32: 772–775.
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., 2016, Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) of India – An updated checklist. Halteres., 7: 64–98.
Varatharajan, R. 2005, Faunistic diversity of thrips (Thysanoptera) of North Eastern India. Published by Manipur University, 67 pp.
