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 lefroyi (Bagnall) ( Figs 3, 7–8 , 14 , 17, 22 , 27 ) Physothrips lefroyi Bagnall, 1913: 292 . Described as the “Tea-flower thrips” from Darjeeling in northern India , this species has been found in the flowers of various plant species, but particularly the flowers of Camellia sinensis . It is widely distributed across the Asian tropics, and is known from northern India , Malaysia , Java, Philippines , southern China and Taiwan ( Rachana & Manjunath 2020 ). Female macroptera. Body variable in colour from largely yellow ( Fig. 7 ) to posterior tergites with pale brown markings; all tibiae and tarsi yellow; antennal segments I, III and V pale, II, IV and VI–VIII shaded or brown; fore wings pale, with 3 weak transverse shadings at veinal fork, medially and subapically. Head with ocellar area smooth, vertex with transverse striations ( Fig. 8 ); ocellar setae III scarcely 15 microns long, on margins of ocellar triangle; postocular setae arranged irregularly, pair S2 posterior to S1. Antennal segments III–V slender ( Fig. 3 ). Pronotum with irregular transverse striations ( Fig. 8 ). Metascutum with strong equiangular reticulate sculpture ( Fig. 14 ); median setae at anterior margin, CPS on posterior third. Abdominal tergites II–VII faintly reticulate anteromedially but without sculpture posteromedially. Sternite VII posteromarginal setae S2 arising close to but in front of posterior margin. FIGURES 1–10. Lefroyothrips species. Antennal segments, 1–6: (1) fasciatus holotype; (2) fasciatus male; (3) lefroyi ; (4) pictus paratype; (5) tribulationi ; (6) varatharajani . 7–8 lefroyi : (7) female; (8) head & pronotum. L. tribulationi , 9–10: (9) head; (10) pronotum. Male macroptera. Body colour and structure similar to female; sternites III–VII with oval-shaped pore plates ( Fig. 27 ), located near anterior margin. Specimens studied . Malaysia , Cameron Highlands MARDI Research Station , Pahang , 1 female , 1 male on Nashi pear flowers, 18.xii.2013 ( Alfera & Nurul ) (in CISUKM ) . Hong Kong , 1 female from tea, 3.i.1966 ; China , Yunnan , 4 females , 1 male from Camellia sinensis fls, ix.2019 ( LAM ) (in ANIC ) .