Two new synonyms among Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with three species newly recorded from China Author Wang, Zhaohong 0000-0002-3915-0749 Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, China wangzh @ giz. gd. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3915 - 0749 & Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China xtong @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1731 - 229 X wangzh@giz.gd.cn Author Mound, Laurence CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra 2601, Australia Author Mao, Runqian 0000-0002-3915-0749 Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, China wangzh @ giz. gd. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3915 - 0749 wangzh@giz.gd.cn Author Tong, Xiaoli 0000-0003-1731-229X Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China xtong @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1731 - 229 X xtong@scau.edu.cn text Zootaxa 2022 2022-09-28 5190 2 275 285 journal article 154473 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.7 336d1bee-baeb-43d9-a057-b68955a732df 1175-5326 7120341 A1E5210F-FCE0-4ED5-A139-613DB766F50F Caliothrips insularis (Hood) ( Figs 1, 4, 7 , 32 ) Hercothrips insularis Hood, 1928: 234 . This species was described originally from the Caribbean islands of St Croix and Cuba but has subsequently been recorded as widespread between Venezuela and Florida, as well as from Mauritius in the Indian Ocean ( Nakahara 1991 ). The available records indicate that it has been taken from several species of Poaceae , as well as Cyperus and Lilium , and in recent years large populations have been found on grass in Guangzhou. From most species in the genus, it is distinguished by the color pattern on the fore wing ( Fig. 7 ), with dark areas at sub-base and at apex with the median area pale brown and even paler at base and sub-apex. The identification here is based on the key by Nakahara (1991) also one female from Panama (in ANIC, Canberra). The species has probably been introduced to China through the horticultural trade in live plants. Specimens studied . CHINA , Guangdong , South China Agriculture University ( SCAU ) ( 23°09′N , 113°21′E ), 39 females from turf grass, 12.xi.2016 (Zhaohong Wang). PANAMA , Panama City , from lawn grass, 21.vi.1983 ( LAM ) .