Bathrips jasminae Ananthakrishnan
Nomenclature
Bathrips jasminae Ananthakrishnan, 1968: 260
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body yellow with light brown markings in ocellar triangle, medially on abdominal tergites II–VIII; antennae brown; legs yellow; forewing brown. Antennae 8 segmented; paired dorso-apical setae on I absent; III–IV each with a forked and slender sensorium. Head with ocellar setae pair III longer than side of ocellar triangle, arising between posterior ocelli. Pronotum with 2 pairs of long posteroangular setae, 2 pairs of posteromarginal setae. Metanotum feebly reticulate medially, median setae behind anterior margin; campaniform sensilla absent. Forewing first vein with 5 basal setae and 3 distal setae, second vein with 4–5 setae. Abdominal tergites I–II and lateral areas of III–VIII with transverse striae; posteromarginal comb absent on VIII.
specimens collected on
Crotolaria sp. (Fabaceae), Jasminum sambac (Oleaceae) (Ananthakrishnan, 1968; Rachana, 2020)
Distribution
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu (Ananthakrishnan, 1968; Bhatti, 1990)
References
Ananthakrishnan, T. N., 1968, Indian Terebrantia - IV. Zool. Anz., 180: 258–268.
Bhatti, J. S., 1990, Catalogue of insects of the Order Terebrantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (J. Pure Appl. Zool.)., 2: 205–352.
Rachana, R. R., 2020, Systematic studies on Terebrantian thrips of Karnataka, India. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.
