Liothrips mirabilis (Schmutz)

(Figs 10, 41, 43)

Gynaikothrips mirabilis Schmutz, 1913: 1041 .

This species was described from Peradenya, Sri Lanka on Pavetha hispida and also from rolled leaf margins of a pepper plant. No specimens have been studied from China, but the species is included here as a potential pest of Piper plants growing throughout Southern China. It was recorded living in marginal leaf galls of Piper nigrum in Sri Lanka, and L. karnyi is listed as a synonym. It is similar to L. pallipes with all tibiae yellow and antennal segments III–VIII uniformly yellow (Fig. 41), but they can be distinguished by above key.

Specimens studied. SRI LANKA, Peradeniya, syntype male on Pavetha hispida, 11.ii–5.v.1902, H. Karny (SMF) .