Mycterothrips, Trybom, 1910

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5048.1.8
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5549287
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scientific name	Mycterothrips
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Key to Indian species of Mycterothrips View in CoL (based on original description).

1. Female............................................................................................. 2

-. Male............................................................................................... 9

2. Tergite II with three lateral marginal setae.................................................................. 3

-. Tergite II with four lateral marginal setae.................................................................. 4

3. Mouth cone long and slender and reaching to the mesosternum; tergite IX without campaniform sensilla........... acaciae View in CoL

-. Mouth cone short and rounded; tergite IX with posterior pair of campaniform sensilla..................... nainiae sp. n.

4. Sternites III–VII without discal setae...................................................................... 5

-. Sternites III–VII with more than one pair of discal setae....................................................... 7

5. Tergites IX without campaniform sensilla............................................................... ricini View in CoL

-. Tergites IX with campaniform sensilla..................................................................... 6

6. Body uniformly dark brown..................................................................... consociatus View in CoL

-. Body yellow with brown markings............................................................... nilgiriensis View in CoL

7. Tergite IX with only posterior campaniform sensilla................................................. chaetogastra View in CoL

-. Tergite IX with both anterior and posterior campaniform sensilla................................................ 8

8. Fore wings banded with subapical pale and sub-basal dark bands........................................ setiventris View in CoL

-. Fore wings without bands, uniformly slightly shaded……...................................... ……..…..… auratus View in CoL

9. Hypomere not dilated at apex (fore wing banded)..................................................... setiventris View in CoL

-. Hypomere expanded at apex........................................................................... 10

10. Tergite X without campaniform sensilla................................................................ ricini View in CoL

-. Tergite X with posterior campaniform sensilla............................................................. 11

11. Antennal segment VI more than 1.0 times as long as the collective length of segments I–V.......................... 12

-. Antennal segment VI less than 0.7 times as long as the collective length of segments I–V........................... 13

12. Antennal segment VI more than twice as long as the total length of segments I–V........................ chaetogastra View in CoL

-. Antennal segment VI less than 1.5 times or as long as the total length of segments I–V..... auratus View in CoL , consociatus View in CoL , nilgiriensis View in CoL

13. Discal setae present on sternite VIII.................................................................. acaciae View in CoL

-. Discal setae absent on sternite VIII............................................................. nainiae sp. n.