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. 2019 Oct 30:884:43-52.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.884.39500. eCollection 2019.

Tryphactothripini of India (Thysanoptera, Thripidae, Panchaetothripinae), with identification keys and a new record of Opimothrips

Remani R Rachana  1   2 , Laurence A Mound  3 , Shashikant G Rayar  1
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Tryphactothripini of India (Thysanoptera, Thripidae, Panchaetothripinae), with identification keys and a new record of Opimothrips

Remani R Rachana et al. Zookeys. .

Abstract

An identification key is provided to the four genera of Panchaetothripinae from India that are members of the Tribe Tryphactothripini, together with a key to identify all the known six Indian species of Astrothrips. Furthermore, the genus Opimothrips is newly reported from India.

Keywords: Astrothrips; Opimothrips tubulatus.

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Figures

Figures 1–6.
Figures 1–6.
Opimothrips tubulatus1 female 2 head and prothorax 3 antenna 4 pterothorax and female abdominal tergite I 5 female abdominal tergites IX–X 6 fore wing.
Figures 7, 8.
Figures 7, 8.
Astrothrips species, head and pronotum 7globiceps; female from Java, compared to holotype and identified by J.S. Bhatti 8parvilimbus; female from Madras on Erythrina, identified by T.N. Ananthakrishnan. [images by Manfred Ulitzka].
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