Trachynotothrips striatus Masumoto & Okajima, 2005

Singha, Devkant, Patidar, Abhishek, Tyagi, Kaomud & Kumar, Vikas, 2021, A new species of Oneilliella from India with description of the female of Trachynotothrips brevispinis Masumoto & Okajima (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4941 (2), pp. 186-192 : 192

Trachynotothrips striatus Masumoto & Okajima

This species has been known only from a single male and female taken in Vietnam. It is distinguished from T. brevispinis by the absence of stout spines on tergites III–IV in males, the numbers of posteromarginal setae on sternite VIII, pronotum and the hind leg colouration ( Figs 21–30 ).

Specimens studied. India, Kerala, one female and three males, Thrissur , 3.i.2019 (Reg. No. 10755/H17 to 10758/H17) collected by Iftikar Rahman.

Figures

FIGURES 21–30. Trachynotothrips striatus (21) female; (22) male; (23) antennae, male; (24) head and pronotum, female; (25) meso- and metasterna, female; (26) tergites I–VII, female; (27) meso- and metanota, male; (28) tergites III–IV, male; (29) sternites VIII–IX, female; (30) sternites III–VII, male.