Stephanothrips occidentalis Hood & Williams, 1925

(Figs 4, 22, 30)

Stephanothrips occidentalis Hood & Williams, 1925: 69

Specimens examined (all specimens were collected from leaf-litter unless otherwise noted). CHINA. Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (21°55'45"N, 101°15'04"E) , 1 female, 13.iv.1987 (Weiqiu Zhang). Jinghong City, The Institute of Tropical Crops (22°00'18"N, 100°47'11"E) , 1 female, 5.iv.1987 (Xiaoli Tong). Guangdong, Fengkai County, Heishiding National Nature Reserve (23°27′N, 111°54′E) , 1 female, 4.vi.1987 (Xiaoli Tong). Zhaoqing City, Dinghushan National Nature Reserve (23°10'N, 112°32'E) , 1 female, 4.viii.2001 (Zhiwei Li). Xinyi City, Mt. Tianmashan (22°27'N, 110°41'E) , 1 female, 7.iv.2011 (Tao Song). Dongguan City, Mt. Yinpingshan (22°54'09"N, 114°09'42"E) , 2 females, on fresh leaf of fern Stenoloma chusanum (Lindsaeaceae), 10.ix.2014 (Chao Zhao). Gaozhou City, Mt. Sanguanshan (21°55'10"N, 111°8'40"E) , 3 females collected from dead twigs of Acacia auriculiformis (Leguminosae), 15.xii.2014 (Chao Zhao). Shenzhen City, Mt. Wutongshan (22°33'38"N, 114°13'34"E, alt. 110m) , 1 female collected from fresh leaf of a shrub, 19.xii.2015 (Zhaohong Wang). Hainan, Danzhou City, The Tropical Botanic Garden (22°54'09"N, 114°09'42"E) , 1 female from fresh leaf of unknown plant, 19.x.2014 (Chao Zhao). Baisha County, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, Yinggezui Protection Station (19°02'N, 109°33'E) , 1 female, 29.iv.2011 (Tao Song), 16 females, 18.x.2014 (Chao Zhao), 1 female collected from fresh leaf of Argyreia acuta (Convolvulaceae), 9.i.2016 (Xiaoli Tong). INDONESIA . Bali Is., Pegok, 25.vii.1984 (S. Okajima leg.), slide No.In-62 (SO, TUA).

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan); Japan; Indonesia; USA; West Indies. Widespread in the tropics and subtropics in the world.