The Indian species of Liophloeothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) with one new species
Author
Tyagi, Kaomud
Author
Kumar, Vikas
text
Zootaxa
2011
2803
21
31
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.206543
51084698-f446-43b3-8725-b1e3590d48d1
1175-5326
206543
Liophloeothrips segnis
Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish
(
Figs. 14
,
22
,
30
)
Liophlaeothrips segnis
Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish 1969
: 43
.
This species was described from
12 females
and
11 males
collected from an unidentified
Rubiaceae
gall.
Ananthakrishnan & Sen (1980)
mentioned in their key that the mesopresternum is parallel sided and very broad in this species, although this was not indicated in the original description. In the
holotype
of
L. segnis
, the mesopresternum is divided into two lateral triangles.
Specimens studied.
Holotype
female (macroptera),
India
: Goa: Londa,
Rubiaceae
galls,
11.x.1968
, TNA 426, NPC.
Distribution.
India
(Goa: Londa).