Scirtothrips machili Masumoto and Okajima
Nomenclature
Scirtothrips machili Masumoto and Okajima, 2007: 30.
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body greyish yellow, abdominal tergites III–VII slightly shaded laterally, III–VIII with medially dark antecostal ridge. One pair of postocular setae mesad of compound eyes subequal to ocellar setae III. Posteromarginal setae II setae 1.5–2.0 times as long as posteromarginal setae I. Metascutum with median longitudinal oblong reticulations; median pair of setae situated near to anterior margin. Metathoracic furca recurved to each side at apex. Abdominal tergites III–V with S1 setae close together than their length, lateral microtrichial fields each with three setae; tergite VIII with microtrichia anteromedially; tergites IX and X with microtrichial rows medially; abdominal sternites with discal microtrichial rows lateral to S1 setae.
specimens collected on
Unidentified weed (Asteraceae) (Rachana et al., 2024)
Distribution
Karnataka (Rachana et al., 2024)
References
Masumoto, M. and Okajima, S. 2007. The genus Scirtothrips Shull (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae) and three related genera in Japan. Zootaxa, 1552: 1–33.
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.
