Liophloeothrips curtus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish

Tyagi, Kaomud & Kumar, Vikas, 2011, The Indian species of Liophloeothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) with one new species, Zootaxa 2803, pp. 21-31 : 29

Liophloeothrips curtus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish

( Figs. 12 , 19 , 24 )

Liophlaeothrips curtus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish 1969: 41 .

This species was described from 3 females, in galls on Argyreia sp. ( Convolvulaceae ). Specimens studied. Two paratype females (macroptera), India: Andhra Pradesh: Tirupathi, 3000, Argyreia sp. 16.vii.1968, TNA 415, NPC.

Distribution. India (Andhra Pradesh: Tirupathi).

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 16. Liophloeothrips pelta. (8) L. ablusus, female macroptera; (9) L. amoenus, female macroptera; (10) L. cecidii, male macroptera; (11) L. reperticus, female macroptera; (12) L. curtus, female macroptera; (13) L. pavettae, female macroptera; (14) L. segnis, female macroptera; (15) L. succinctus, female macroptera; (16) L. vichitravarna, female macroptera.

FIGURES 17 – 22. Liophloeothrips head and pronotum. (17) L. ablusus, female macroptera; (18) L. cecidii, male macroptera; (19) L. curtus, female macroptera; (20) L. pavettae, female macroptera; (21) L. reperticus, female macroptera; (22) L. segnis, female macroptera.

FIGURES 23 – 31. Liophloeothrips mesopresternum. (23) L. reperticus, female macroptera; (24) L. curtus, female macroptera; (25 – 26) L. ablusus, female macroptera; (27) L. pavettae, female macroptera; (28) L. vichitravarna, female macroptera; (29) L. cecidii, male macroptera; (30) L. segnis, female macroptera. (31) Metanotum of L. succinctus, female macroptera.