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).