Nesothrips propinquus (Bagnall)

Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2021, Contributions to the knowledge of Thysanoptera (Insecta) from Japan, Zootaxa 4970 (3), pp. 593-596 : 595

Nesothrips propinquus (Bagnall)

Specimens examined. Japan, Honshu: Tokyo, Koto-ku, Aomi , 2 females on dead Miscanthus sinensis [ Poaceae ], 4.vi.2014. Shinagawa-ku, Minatogaoka-futo park, 4 females on dead Miscanthus sinensis , 5.vi.2020. Kanagawa-ken, Kawasaki-shi, Higashiougi-jima, 1 female on grass, 7.vi.2007 (all collected by M. Masumoto) .

Notes. This species is a member of the subfamily Idolothripinae in which all species are fungus feeders. However, it has been intercepted by Japanese plant quarantine on asparagus imported from Australia or New Zealand ( Hayase 1991). This species is known from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa so far. It can be distinguished easily from the three species of Nesothrips previously known from Japan, by having the compound eyes elongate posteriorly on the ventral surface.