Takethrips Nonaka & Jangvitaya

Mound, Laurence A., 2011, Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia, Zootaxa 3064, pp. 1-40 : 36

Takethrips Nonaka & Jangvitaya

This genus comprises two species collected from unidentified bamboos and grasses in Thailand. T. bambusae has a stout and serrated ovipositor that does not extend to the apex of the abdomen, whereas in T. megas the ovipositor is very weakly sclerotised with no marginal serrations ( Fig. 91 ). Another genus from Thailand and Japan, Yoshinothrips , is similar to Takethrips , but the three known species all have two pairs of long pronotal posteroangular setae, and the ovipositor is stout and boldly serrated (Mound & Ng, 2009).

Figures

FIGURES 86 – 92. Stenchaetothrips and Takethrips spp. Sten. indicus 86 – 89: (86) head; (87) meso & metanota; (88) tergites VI – VIII; (89) pronotum. Takethrips megas 90 - 92: (90) meso & metanota; (91) ovipositor; (92) tergites VII-X.