Podothrips sasacola Kurosawa Figs 5, 9, 11, 21

Podothrips sasacola Kurosawa, 1940: 100.

Remarks.

Previously known only from Japan, this species is quite similar to P. bicolor in the body colour pattern - head, pronotum, and abdominal segments VIII–X brown. Specimens are identified here as P. sasacola have antennal segments III–IV each with two sense cones (Fig. 9), and the fore tibia with a distinct inner apical tubercle (Fig. 5) as described by Okajima (2006). This species is recorded here for the first time from China, Sichuan, based on five males taken from reeds.