Thrips hanifahi Mound & Azidah
Nomenclature
Thrips hanifahi Mound & Azidah, 2009: 64.
Diagnosis
Female macroptera: Body, legs and antennae yellow. Head with small ocellar setae III, anterolateral to ocellar triangle; vertex and ocellar region with transverse lines. Antennae 7-segmented. Pronotum with small posteromarginal, posteroangular and discal setae. Metanotum reticulate, median setae far behind anterior margin, campaniform sensilla present. Forewing first vein with 7 basal setae, 3 distal setae. Abdominal tergite VIII with complete posteromarginal comb. Pleurotergites without discal setae; abdominal sternites III–VII with about 15 discal setae, II with about 3 discal setae.
specimens collected on
Anacardium occidentale L. (Anacardiaceae), Passiflora edulis (Passifloraceae) (Rachana et al., 2025)
Distribution
Karnataka (Rachana et al., 2025)
References
Mound, L.A. and Azidah, A.A. 2009. Species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera) from Peninsular Malaysia, with a checklist of recorded Thripidae. Zootaxa. 2023: 55–68.
Rachana, R.R., Amarendra, B., Girish, K. S., Vanitha, K., Sujith, K.M., Safna, M., Gracy, R.G., Nagarjuna Reddy, K.V., Jayalakshmi, N.H., Berin, P. and Sushil, S.N. 2025. First records of four Thysanoptera species in India and their putative host associations. Oriental Insects. doi: 10.1080/00305316.2025.2497872.
