Liophloeothrips vichitravarna (Ramakrishna)

Tyagi, Kaomud & Kumar, Vikas, 2011, The Indian species of Liophloeothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) with one new species, Zootaxa 2803, pp. 21-31 : 31

Liophloeothrips vichitravarna (Ramakrishna)

( Figs. 16 , 28 )

Rhynchothrips vichitravarna Ramakrishna 1928: 283 .

Liophlaeothrips vichitravarna (Ramakrishna) ; Ananthakrishnan 1964: 60 (in key).

Specimens studied. Two females (macroptera) and 3 males (macroptera), India: Karnataka: Bangalore, 15.vii.2009, unidentified plant galls of Apocynaceae family, Sunil Joshi. Types are not available. Distribution. India (Karnataka: Bangalore, Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore).

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 16. Liophloeothrips pelta. (8) L. ablusus, female macroptera; (9) L. amoenus, female macroptera; (10) L. cecidii, male macroptera; (11) L. reperticus, female macroptera; (12) L. curtus, female macroptera; (13) L. pavettae, female macroptera; (14) L. segnis, female macroptera; (15) L. succinctus, female macroptera; (16) L. vichitravarna, female macroptera.

FIGURES 23 – 31. Liophloeothrips mesopresternum. (23) L. reperticus, female macroptera; (24) L. curtus, female macroptera; (25 – 26) L. ablusus, female macroptera; (27) L. pavettae, female macroptera; (28) L. vichitravarna, female macroptera; (29) L. cecidii, male macroptera; (30) L. segnis, female macroptera. (31) Metanotum of L. succinctus, female macroptera.