Lefroyothrips obscurus (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish)

Mound, L. A. & Ng, Y. F., 2021, Studies on the genus Lefroyothrips, with new records from Malaysia, New Caledonia and a new species from Australia (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 4927 (4), pp. 567-575 : 571

Lefroyothrips obscurus (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish)

Taeniothrips obscurus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1966: 253 .

Described from one female and two males taken on coffee plants, 27.ix.1965, at Valparai in southern India, this species remains known only from the original description. Unfortunately , that description mainly comprises a series of measurements with few comments on structural details. Although Bhatti (1978) transferred the species to Lefroyothrips , the statement by the original authors that the fore wing is banded with two patches is equivocal. For the purposes of the key above it is assumed here that the distal band was sub-apical leaving the apex pale. The position of the setae on sternite VII was also not mentioned .