Trichromothrips antidesmae Li, Li and Zhang
Nomenclature
Trichromothrips antidesmae Li, Li and Zhang, 2019: 81.
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body and legs yellow, head and pronotum with dark areas laterally; forewing brown with pale apex, clavus brown. Head with ocellar setae III situated at tangent of hind ocelli posterior margin; 5 postocular setae pairs, I the longest, III minute. Antennal segments II–VI with microtrichia, VIII slightly a little longer than VII. Pronotum with 2 posteromarginal setae pairs. Metanotum smooth medially but with longitudinal striations laterally; median setae pair close to anterior margin. Forewing first vein with 6 basal and 2 distal setae. Abdominal tergites II–VII with S3–S5 setae in a straight line along lateral margin. Abdominal sternites without discal setae.
specimens collected on
Citrus limon (L.) Burm. (Rutaceae) (Rachana et al., 2020)
Distribution
Karnataka (Rachana et al., 2020)
References
Li, Y.J., Li, Z.Y. and Zhang, H.R., 2019, Trichromothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species and ten new records. Zootaxa, 4544 (1): 79–92.
Rachana, R. R., Rayar, S.G., Giraddi, R.S., Kalappanavar, I.K. and Alagundagi, S.C., 2020, New records of terebrantian thrips from Karnataka, India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(4):2189–2192.
