Studies on the genus Lefroyothrips, with new records from Malaysia, New Caledonia and a new species from Australia (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) Author Mound, L. A. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601. Author Ng, Y. F. 0000-0001-9895-415X Centre for Insect Systematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. ng _ yf @ ukm. edu. my; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9895 - 415 X ng_yf@ukm.edu.my text Zootaxa 2021 2021-02-16 4927 4 567 575 journal article 8076 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.4.7 759d42e0-6739-4f1c-bd23-fb3f4d88b89e 1175-5326 4543155 BF6AD5EA-E8A8-4C06-847C-51E45FBDB0B4 Lefroyothrips obscurus (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish) Taeniothrips obscurus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1966: 253 . Described from one female and two males taken on coffee plants, 27.ix.1965 , at Valparai in southern India , this species remains known only from the original description. Unfortunately , that description mainly comprises a series of measurements with few comments on structural details. Although Bhatti (1978) transferred the species to Lefroyothrips , the statement by the original authors that the fore wing is banded with two patches is equivocal. For the purposes of the key above it is assumed here that the distal band was sub-apical leaving the apex pale. The position of the setae on sternite VII was also not mentioned .