A new species of Mycterothrips Trybom (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India with new record of the genus Paithrips Nonaka & Jangvitaya Author Singha, Devkant Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Author Patidar, Abhishek Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Author Kumar, Vikas Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Author Tyagi, Kaomud Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-10-05 5048 1 135 140 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5048.1.8 1175-5326 5549295 88F9EDEE-A8DF-499E-B306-86A1EE755A08 Key to Indian species of Mycterothrips (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 -. 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 -. Tergites IX with campaniform sensilla..................................................................... 6 6. Body uniformly dark brown..................................................................... consociatus -. Body yellow with brown markings............................................................... nilgiriensis 7. Tergite IX with only posterior campaniform sensilla................................................. chaetogastra -. Tergite IX with both anterior and posterior campaniform sensilla................................................ 8 8. Fore wings banded with subapical pale and sub-basal dark bands........................................ setiventris -. Fore wings without bands, uniformly slightly shaded……...................................... ……..…..… auratus 9. Hypomere not dilated at apex (fore wing banded)..................................................... setiventris -. Hypomere expanded at apex........................................................................... 10 10. Tergite X without campaniform sensilla................................................................ ricini -. 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 -. Antennal segment VI less than 1.5 times or as long as the total length of segments I–V..... auratus , consociatus , nilgiriensis 13. Discal setae present on sternite VIII.................................................................. acaciae -. Discal setae absent on sternite VIII............................................................. nainiae sp. n.