Terebrantian thrips of India

Ramaswamiahiella subnudula Karny, 1926: 208.

Thrips pandu Ramakrishna, 1928: 264.

Thrips setosus Moulton, 1929: 97.

Thrips temporatus Bailey, 1951: 19

Female macroptera: Body and legs yellow; forewing pale. Antennae 7 segmented. Head with ocellar setae pair III small, arising within triangle behind fore ocellus; postocular setae I about as long as ocellar setae III. Pronotal posteroangular setae short; posterior margin with 4 pairs of setae. Metanotum with irregular median longitudinal reticulation but longitudinally striate laterally; median setae small, arising well behind anterior margin. Forewing first vein with 3 distal setae. Abdominal tergite II with 3 lateral marginal setae; VIII with comb broadly interrupted medially, with few small microtrichia laterally; pleurotergites with 4–8 discal setae, rows of ciliate microtrichia. Abdominal sternite II with 8 marginal setae, III–VI with about 12 marginal setae, VII with 3 pairs; II with about 6 discal setae, III–VI with upto 18 discal setae, VII with about 20 discal setae in a double row.

Acacia sp. (Fabaceae), Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae), Caesalpinia pulcherrima  (Fabaceae), Calotropis sp. (Apocynaceae), Citrus sp. (Rutaceae), Hibiscus rosa sinensis (Malvaceae), Illecebrum lanatum (Amaranthaceae), Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Santalum album (Santalaceae), Solidago sp. (Asteraceae) (Ananthakrishnan & Sen, 1980; Akhtar & Azim, 2013; Rachana, 2020)

Delhi, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (Bhatti, 1990; Akhtar & Azim, 2013; Tyagi & Kumar, 2016)

Akhtar, N. and Azim, M.N., 2013. A preliminary survey of thrips (Thysanoptera) from Kashmir Himalaya. Halteres, 4: 15–18.

Ananthakrishnan, T. N. and Sen, S., 1980, Taxonomy of Indian thysanoptera. Zool. Surv. India. (Handb. Ser.)., 1:1–234.

Bailey, S. F., 1951, A homonym in the genus Thrips Linne (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol., 27: 19.

Bhatti, J. S., 1990, Catalogue of insects of the Order Terebrantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (J. Pure Appl. Zool.)., 2: 205–352.

Karny, H., 1926, Studies on Indian Thysanoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India Entomology Series, 9: 187–239.

Moulton, D., 1929, Thysanoptera from India. Records of the Indian Museum., 31:
93–100.

Rachana, R. R., 2020, Systematic studies on Terebrantian thrips of Karnataka, India. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.

Ramakrishna, T.V., 1928, A contribution to our knowledge of the Thysanoptera of India. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Entomology Series., 7: 217–316.

Tyagi, K. and Kumar, V., 2016, Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) of India – An updated checklist. Halteres., 7: 64–98.