Bamboosiella varia (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish)

(Figs 8, 32, 52, 64)

Xylaplothrips varius Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1969: 132 .

Antillothrips varius (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish): Pitkin, 1976: 235.

Bamboosiella varia (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish): Okajima, 1995b: 478; Okajima, 2006: 210. Sha et al., 2003: 347.

This species was originally described from Adur, India on Areca twig, and recorded from Thailand, Indonesia and China. Okajima (1995b) was responsible for the new combination, Bamboosiella varia, based on a large number of specimens including some from the Philippines and Japan. In this paper, 21 females and 8 males from China were studied.

Material studied. CHINA, Yunnan: 11 females and 4 males from grass, 1–29.iv.1997, Yun-fa Han; 2 females and 1 male from grass, 27.iii.1997, Yun-fa Han; 1 female from Cymbopogon, 17.iv.1997, Yun-fa Han; 1 female from grass, 20.xi.1988, Yun-fa Han; Henan: 6 females and 2 males from sheath of bamboo, 12.vii.1985, Yun-fa Han; Hainan: 1 male, 18.v.1983, Mao-bin Shuo.

Distribution. China (Henan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan), Japan, India.