Review of the genus Gigantothrips Zimmermann from China and Southeast Asia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae) Author Dang, Lihong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7571-8426 School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723000, China & Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Bioresources, Hanzhong, 723000, China & Qinba Mountain Area Collaborative Innovation Center of Bioresources Comprehensive Development, Hanzhong, 723000, China & Qinba State Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment (Incubation), Hanzhong, 723000, China danglihong@snut.edu.cn Author Mound, Laurence https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6019-4762 Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Author Zhang, Hongrui https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0089-1099 Plant Protection College, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China text ZooKeys 2023 2023-07-14 1169 221 234 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1169.106733 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1169.106733 1313-2970-1169-221 71BD49D60E2649A98E3DFF2529BA0DDD D50E0877CA2D5A39A2BDF5E0EAFF6F42 Gigantothrips tibialis Bagnall Fig. 1 Gigantothrips tibialis Bagnall, 1921: 364. Material examined. 1♀ (SMF), India , Travancore , v.1934 , S.A. Raw ; 1♀ (SMF), India , Mangalore, 21.i.1964 , T.N. Ananthakrishnan . Comments. Described from Sri Lanka on Careya arborea , this species is probably widespread in India according to Ananthakrishnan (1964 : 36). However, the identifying characters mentioned by Ananthakrishnan, 'basal third of mid and hind tibiae brown, rest yellow' , are inconsistent with the original description by Bagnall of all tibiae wholly yellow. Two females from southern India (Travancore and Mangalore) were studied here with the identical tibiae colouration given in the original description, and three major setae on the pronotum with ml close to aa (Fig. 1 ). This species was recorded from Hainan, China by Zhang (1984 : 19), but without more identification information.