Hydatothrips ( Neohydatothrips ) samayunkur Kudo, 1995: 169 Hydatothrips and Neohydatothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of East and South Asia with three new species from Taiwan Wang, Chin-Ling Zootaxa 2007 2007-09-05 1575 1 47 68 46JJW Kudo Kudo [151,587,1591,1617] Insecta Thripidae Neohydatothrips Animalia Thysanoptera 15 62 Arthropoda species samayunkur  ( Fig. 9)      Hydatothrips( Neohydatothrips) samayunkur Kudo, 1995: 169 Female macropterous: Body generally brown, median of abdominal tergites I–III and tergites IV–VI paler. Antennal segments I & II brown, III–V yellowish with apical brown area more significant posteriorly, VI– VIII brown. Forewing with sub-basal, median and apical paler areas.. Ocellar setae III situated outside of ocellar triangle. Occiput apodeme with a distance to posterior margin of eyes. Pronotum with weak reticles outside of blotch, blotch with dense transverse striae. Forewing second vein without seta, posterior comb on abdominal segements II–VI lacking in the median, tergite VII and VIII with posterior comb complete. Sternites without discal setae.   Specimens examined:   TAIWAN,  Nantou: Hsin-I, 15 females on  Tagetes patula(marigold),  18-i-2000;   Nantou: Rnai, 23 females on  Artemisia capillaris,  25-i-2002;   Nantou: Chingjing, 10 females on  Artemisia capillaris,  1-ii-2002.   FIGURE 9.  Neohydatothrips samayunkur: A. head; B. pronotum; C. meso- and metanotum; D. abdominal tergites VI– VIII.  Remarks: This thrips was found at high densities on its host plant, and the leaves turned to a gray color. Its distribution includes Asia, Central and South America, Australia( Nakahara, 1999). The reported hosts were all marigolds (  Tagetes erecta,  T. minutaand  Tagetesspp.). This is the first record of the species from plants of the genus  Artemisia(Asteraceae). [463,1432,1874,1900] 2000-01-18 Taiwan Nantou 16 63 15 15 Nantou [151,884,1914,1940] 2002-01-25 Taiwan Rnai 16 63 23 23 Nantou 2002-02-01 Taiwan Chingjing 16 63 10 10 Nantou