Terebrantian thrips of India

Thrips solanaceorum Widgalm, 1883: 44.

Thrips tabaci Lindeman, 1889: 61.

Limothrips allii Gillette, 1893: 15.

Thrips communis Uzel, 1895: 176.

Thrips communis annulicornis Uzel, 1895: 177.

Thrips communis pulla Uzel, 1895: 177.

Thrips flava obsoleta Uzel, 1895: 187.

Thrips bremnerii Moulton, 1907: 59.

Parathrips uzeli Karny, 1907: 48.

Thrips bicolor Karny, 1907: 49.

Thrips brachycephalus Enderlein, 1909: 441.

Thrips hololeucus Bagnall, 1914: 24.

Thrips adamsoni Bagnall, 1923: 58.

Thrips debilis Bagnall, 1923: 60.

Thrips mariae Cotte, 1924: 2.

Thrips frankeniae Bagnall, 1926: 654.

Thrips seminiveus Girault, 1926: 1.

Thrips tabaci f. irrorata Priesner, 1927: 436.

Thrips tabaci f. nigricornis Priesner, 1927: 436.

Thrips tabaci f. atricornis Priesner, 1927: 437.

Thrips dorsalis Bagnall, 1927: 576.

Thrips indigenus Girault, 1929: 29.

Thrips dianthi Moulton, 1936: 104.

Ramaswamiahiella kallarensis Ananthakrishnan, 1960: 564.

Female macroptera: Body colour ranging from yellow to brown; forewing pale. Antennae 7 segmented. Head with ocellar setae III small, arise on anterior margins or just within ocellar triangle; postocular setae I–III equal to ocellar setae III in length. Pronotum with 3 or 4 pairs of posteromarginl setae. Metanotum irregularly reticulate medially with lines converging to midpoint near posterior margin; median setae short, arise behind anterior margin. Forewing first vein usually with 4 (varying from 2–6) distal setae. Abdominal tergite II with 3 lateral marginal setae; posterior margin of  VIII with complete comb of long slender microtrichia; pleurotergites without discal setae, sculpture bearing rows of fine microtrichia. Abdominal sternites without discal setae.

Male macroptera: Small and yellow; abdominal tergite VIII with marginal comb consisting of a few irregular microtrichia; abdominal sternites III–V with narrow transverse pore plate.

Allium cepa (Amaryllidaceae), Brassica campestris (Brassicaceae), Dianthus sp. (Aryophyllaceae), Gossypium sp. (Malvaceae), Lilium sp. (Liliaceae), Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae), Solanum lycopersicum (Solanaceae), Solanum melongena (Solanaceae), Tagetes sp. (Asteraceae), Tulipa sp. (Liliaceae), Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae) (Ananthakrishnan & Sen, 1980; Akhtar & Azim, 2013; Rachana, 2020)

Widely distributed

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Ananthakrishnan, T. N., 1960, Thysanoptera from the Nilgiri and Kodaikanal Hills (south India). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 57: 557–578.

Bagnall, R. S., 1914, Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera II. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 13(8): 22–31.

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Cotte., 1924, Les Cecidies des Alpes Maritimes. Memoires de la Societe Linneenne de Provence Marseille., 3: 56.

Enderlein, G., 1909, Die Insekten des antarktischen Gebietes. Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition, pp. 1901–1903.

Gillette, C. P., 1893, A few common insect pests. Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 24: 13–16.

Girault, A. A., 1926, New pests from Australia IV. Published privately, Brisbane 1 pp.

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Karny, H., 1907, Die Orthopterenfauna des Küstengebietes von Österreich-Ungarn. Berlin Entomologische Zeitschrift., 52: 17–52.

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Moulton, D., 1907, A contribution to our knowledge of the Thysanoptera of California. Technical series, USDA Bureau of Entomol.., 12(3): 39–68.

Moulton, D., 1936, New Thysanoptera belonging to the genus Thrips Linn. Pan-Pac. Entomol., 12: 104–110.

Priesner, H., 1927, Die Thysanopteren Europas. Abteilung III. Wien: F. Wagner Verlag., pp. 343–568.

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Widgalm Portschinsky., 1883, Histoire naturelle d'un Thrips observe sur les feuilles de tabac en Bessarabie en 1882. Rev mens Ent., 1: 44–53.