Additions to the terebrantian (Insecta: Thysanoptera) fauna of Kerala, India

Extensive surveys were carried out in Kerala in order to explore the thysanopteran fauna since the state has hardly been studied for the fauna of thrips after Dr. T.N. Ananthakrishnan’s era of Indian thysanopteran taxonomy. Nine species of terebrantian thrips, one in the family Aeolothripidae and the remaining eight in the familyThripidae are being listed as new to Kerala state records collected from different hosts. Diagnostic features, distribution and data on material studied for these species are given. The number of known species of terebrantian thrips in Kerala is thus increased to forty two

A new species of Neohydatothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India

With 120 described species (ThripsWiki 2020) Neohydatothrips is the most species-rich genus in the Thripidae subfamily Sericothripinae. Although widely distributed almost 70% of the species are from the New World (Lima &amp; Mound 2016), with only seven species recorded from India (Rachana &amp; Varatharajan 2017). The biology of most species in the genus remains unknown, but they apparently feed and breed on the leaves and/or flowers of various unrelated plants. A few species are economically important as plant pests as well as virus vectors, such as N. variabilis (Beach) (Zhou &amp; Tzanetakis 2013; Lima &amp; Mound 2016; Han et al. 2019). N. samayunkur (Kudo) is a pest on flowers and leaves of Tagetes spp. in many countries including India (Nakahara 1999; Bhatti et al. 2003). Even though N. gracilipes (Hood) was described originally as damaging cotton in Mexico, it is associated with weedy species of Sida in several countries including central India (Lima &amp; Mound 2016). In southern China, N. flavicingulus Mirab-balou, Tong &amp; Yang is reported as damaging leaves of Manglietia fordiana. In California, avocado crops are sometimes damaged by N. burungae (Hood) and this species is also recorded as distorting the young leaves of Passiflora in Colombia (Mound et al. 2019). N. gracilicornis (Williams) is reported as damaging Pinaceae and Betulaceae in Spain and South Italy (Marullo 2009). The purpose of this article is to describe a new species from India that was collected in the flowers of Jasminum sambac (Oleaceae) in Assam, northeastern India. A detailed structural diagnosis of this genus is provided by Masumoto and Okajima (2020). </jats:p

A new species of Neohydatothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India

Rachana, R.R. (2021): A new species of Neohydatothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India. Zootaxa 4920 (2): 297-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4920.2.1

A new species of the genus Lefroyothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India

An identification key is provided to three species of Lefroyothrips recorded from India, including a new species L. varatharajani collected from flowers of Mimusops elengi. Although similar to L. lefroyi in having short ocellar setae on the head, the new species has only a single row of postocular setae. </jats:p

A new species of the genus Lefroyothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India

Rachana, R.R., Kenchannavar, Manjunath (2020): A new species of the genus Lefroyothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India. Zootaxa 4896 (4): 591-594, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.1

A new species of the genus Bregmatothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from the Andaman Islands of India

Bregmatothrips ramani sp.n. is described from the Andaman Islands, India. This is the third member of the genus Bregmatothrips with forked sense cones on antennal segments III and IV, and a key is presented to distinguish these species. </jats:p

A new species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from the Western Ghats of India

Thrips laurencei sp.n. is described from specimens collected on flowers of Hydrangea macrophylla in Western Ghats range of Tamil Nadu, India. This new species shows sexual dimorphism in colour, with the females brownish yellow with brown shadings but the males uniformly yellow.  </jats:p

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Not AvailableThrips palmi Karny, the melon thrips is an economically important pest of various crops, especially vegetables, has rapidly spread worldwide, but remains absent from Europe. Moreover, T. palmi tends to be the predominant thrips vector species in tropical and sub-tropical Asia and transmits several different tospoviruses. Vector status of T. palmi is reviewed and discussed, primarily in the context of new strains of knowntospoviruses and completely new tospovirus species continue to be described from various parts of the world and have the potential to cause damaging epidemics. Successful natural enemies of T. palmi reported from various countries are also reviewed with an emphasis for the utilization of biological control of the pest.Not Availabl

The Sericothripinae genus Hydatothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in India with description of a new species

Rachana, R.R., Amarendra, B., Gracy, R. Gandhi (2022): The Sericothripinae genus Hydatothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in India with description of a new species. Zootaxa 5169 (2): 177-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.2.