Terebrantian thrips of India

Scirtothrips lami Rachana, Amarendra & Sushil, 2024

Female macroptera: Body pale, slightly shaded within ocellar triangle, on the pronotum, median area of abdominal tergites III–VII; medially dark antecostal ridges on tergites III–VIII and sternites III–VII; antennal segments I–II pale, III–VIII brown; fore wings shaded, apex pale; clavus shaded; legs pale. Head with transverse striations; ocellar setae III situated between middle of hind ocelli; four pairs of postocular setae, S1 and S2 setae subequal to ocellar setae III, S3 setae minute; mouth-cone small. Antennae 8 segmented, segments III and IV with forked sense cone; segment II with a mid-dorsal seta, with campaniform sensilla. Pronotum with closely spaced striae; posteromarginal setae four pairs, S2 setae twice as long as S1. Mesonotum without campaniform sensilla anteromedially. Metascutum with transverse striations anteromedially, longitudinal striations medially and transverse reticulations posteromedially; median pair of setae placed behind the anterior margin. Fore wing first vein with 6–7 basal setae irregularly spaced and 3 setae on distal half, second vein with 2 setae; clavus with 4 veinal and 1 discal setae; posteromarginal and anteromarginal fringe cilia straight. Abdominal tergites II–IV with S1 setae close to each other, longer than their intervals but variable in length both between tergites and between individuals; tergites II–VII with posteromarginal microtrichia lateral to S2 setae, with 3 discal setae on lateral microtrichial fields of III–VII; tergite VIII with microtrichia anteromedially, having complete posteromarginal comb; tergite IX with microtrichia posteromedially but without CPS; tergite X without microtrichia; sternites III–VII with discal microtrichial rows lateral to S2 setae, rows below the anterior half extending to S1 setae diagonally, sternites without posteromarginal microtrichia; sternite II with 2 pairs of posteromarginal setae, III–VII with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae; sternite VII with S1 setae slightly in front of posterior margin

Male macroptera: Similar in colour and sculpture to female; fore wing first vein with 6 basal setae, 2 setae on distal half; second vein with 1 seta; abdominal tergite IX without drepanae.

Unknown

Karnataka (Rachana et al., 2024)

Rachana, R.R., Amarendra, B. and Sushil, S.N. 2024. A new species and a new record of the genus Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from India. Zootaxa. 5537 (3): 424–430.