Astrothrips asiaticus strasseni Astrothrips Species of Astrothrips from China, with one new species and a list of plant associations (Thysanoptera, Panchaetothripinae) Li, Yajin Mound, Laurence A. Xie, Yanlan Zhang, Hongrui Zootaxa 2021 2021-01-28 4920 2 267 277 J5LD (Bhatti) Bhatti 1967 [151,505,519,546] Insecta Thripidae Astrothrips GBIF Animalia Thysanoptera 3 270 Arthropoda species asiaticus  ( Fig. 16)  Most  Astrothripsspecies have two or three of the distal antennal segments fused, but in  asiaticusand  strasseniall eight antennal segments are clearly separated. This species has 8-segmented antennae with the sense cone on segments III–IV simple, and the male with U-shaped sternal pore plates. It was described originally ( Bhatti 1967) in a monobasic genus, Sempothripsbut was subsequently transferred to  Astrothripsby Wilson (1975). Previously known only from western India, this species is here newly recorded from China.   Material studied.   CHINA, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna, tropical botanical garden ( 26°05'53"N, 102°15'37"E), 2 femalesfrom  Pronephriumsp., 8 femalesfrom  Sarcandra glabra, 1 femalefrom  Ipomoea batatas,  11.iii.2017;  4 females, 1malefrom  Mycetia gracilis, 1.viii.202; Mengla County, Bubeng Village, 3 females, 2 males, unknown, 2 femalesfrom grasses,  27.v.2018;  Menglun Town, 4 females, 3 males, from  Asystasia gangetica,  2.vi.2018;  Nabanhe National Nature Reserve, 1 femalefrom  Ipomoea batatas; Mansha Village, Jinghong Industrial Park Management Committee, 2 femalesfrom  Ipomoeasp.,  10.iii.2017;  Kunming, Kunmingarboretum, 2 females, from bamboo,  28.x.2018.   Sichuan Province, Chengdu City, 2 femalesfrom grasses,  3.x.2016, (specimens all collected by Li Ya-jin);   Hainan Province, Haikou Geopark, 2 malesfrom  Serissa foetida,  8.x.2018( Xie Yan-lan)( YNAU). 3032938307 2017-03-11 China 26.098057 Xishuangbanna 20 102.26028 3 270 11 11 Yunnan 3032938324 2018-05-27 China Mengla County Bubeng Village 3 270 12 9 3 Yunnan 3032938348 2018-06-02 China Menglun Town 3 270 7 4 3 Yunnan 3032938353 2017-03-10 China Nabanhe National Nature Reserve Jinghong Industrial Park Management Committee Mansha Village 3 270 3 3 Yunnan 3032938310 2018-10-28 China Kunming Kunming 3 270 2 2 Yunnan 3032938333 2016-10-03 Li Ya-jin China Chengdu City 3 270 2 2 Sichuan 3032938305 [396,1436,1060,1087] 2018-10-08 Xie Yan-lan China Haikou Geopark 3 270 2 2 Hainan