Contributions to the knowledge of Thysanoptera (Insecta) from Japan
Masumoto, Masami
Okajima, Shûji
Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-17
4970
3
593
596
68F9N
(Shumsher)
Shumsher
[151,575,1744,1771]
Insecta
Thripidae
Bathrips
GBIF
Animalia
Thysanoptera
0
593
Arthropoda
species
melanicornis
Specimens examined. Japan, Ryukyu Islands: Yoron Is., 1 femaleon Ipomoea indica[ Convolvulaceae], 19.x.2003, K. Minoura. Okinawa-hontou Is., Onna-son, Nakadomari, 1 femaleon Morus australis[ Moraceae], 20.xi.2010. Okinawahontou Is., Tomigusuku-shi, Nesabu, 1 female& 3 maleson Duranta repens[ Verbenaceae], 2.vii.2015. Sesoko-jima Is., 1 femaleon Phaseolus vulgaris[ Fabaceae]. Ie-jima Is., 1 femaleon Ipomoea batatas, 23.x.2003. (all collected by K. Minoura). Ishigaki-jima Is., Takeda: 1 femaleon Morusleaves, 29.viii.1989, S. Okajima. 2 femaleson Morusleaves, 5.ix.1989, S. Okajima. Iriomote-jima Is., Otomi-rindou: 1 female(host unknown), 26.iii.2019, S. Okajima.
Notes.This species is widespread in Southeast Asia to Australia. Little is known of the biology but the species is often associated with several vegetable crops such as soybeans and groundnuts in Java ( Miyazaki et al. 1984; Mound & Ng 2009), and often intercepted by Japanese plant quarantine on Ocimum basilicum[ Lamiaceae] imported from Laosor Ocimum tenuiflorumimported from Thailand( Masumoto et al. 2012).