A new species of the genus Tameothrips Bhatti (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with four new records of thrips from India Author Tyagi, Kaomud Author Kumar, Vikas Author Chauhan, Neena text Zootaxa 2015 4007 2 283 289 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.11 9ed2192f-cc92-4921-83e3-8640e8274c3a 1175-5326 243454 6096C10F-597D-4886-92A1-2D43AB42DD02 Helionothrips aino Ishida Helionothrips aino Ishida,1931 , 34–36. The genus Helionothrips comprises 27 species worldwide (ThripsWiki 2015), of which 4 species are known from India ( Bhatti 1990 ). H. aino is the fifth species recorded from India . This species can be distinguished from H . ananthakrishnani Wilson by the shorter and smaller constricted apex of antennal segment IV in comparison to the apex of antennal segment III. Diagnosis . Female macroptera. Body blackish brown ( Fig. 6 ). Antennal segments I–V and basal 2/3 of VI yellow, apical 1/3 of VI and VII–VIII light brown. All femora brown, all tibiae brown with yellow apex, tarsi yellow. Fore wing brown at base with sub-basal white band, brown at fork of vein and at distal end, distal half of wing pale brown. Material studied. INDIA , Himachal Pradesh, Mandi, 4 females , 5 males on Colocasia leaves, 17.x.2013 , (Reg. No. 6508/H17 to 6516/H17), Tyagi & Kumar. Ten females and 15 males are not mounted and preserved at - 20o C for molecular work.