Liophloeothrips succinctus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish

Tyagi, Kaomud & Kumar, Vikas, 2011, The Indian species of Liophloeothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) with one new species, Zootaxa 2803, pp. 21-31 : 30-31

Liophloeothrips succinctus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish

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Liophlaeothrips succinctus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish 1969: 44 .

This species was described originally from 25 females and 11 males from wild plant galls.

Specimens studied. Holotype female (macroptera) and one paratype female (macroptera), India: Kerala: Kuthera, 25 m Palghat, Wild galls, 6.iv.1968, TNA 390, NPC.

Distribution. India (Kerala: Kuthera).

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.