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<mods:namePart>Rachana, Remani Rajan</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Amarendra, Bellapu</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Nagarjuna Reddy, Katasani Venkata</mods:namePart>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Type species.</paragraph>
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sp. nov.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Female macroptera.</emphasis>
Mouth-cone short and rounded at apex, with 3-segmented maxillary palpi. Ocellar setae pairs I and II absent. Antennae 8-segmented, segment I without median dorsal apical setae, III and IV with forked sensoria, III-VI with a few microtrichial rows (Fig. 
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). Pronotum with two pairs of long posteroangular setae, outer pair shorter than inner pair; four pairs of posteromarginal setae, inner pair longer and thicker than the remaining pairs (Fig. 
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). Mesonotum with median pair of setae anterior to submedian setae pair. Metanotum with median setae pair at or close to anterior margin, darker and stouter than sub median pair (Fig. 
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). Prosternal ferna undivided, narrow at middle; basantra membranous and without setae; prospinasternum broad and transverse. Mesosternal furca with a spinula. Metasternal endofurca without spinula. Fore wing first vein with long gap in setal row, seven basal (first seta transparent) and three distal setae; clavus with five veinal and one discal setae; second vein with 6-9 setae; setae length on both veins increases abruptly beyond distal third of the forewing; posterior fringe cilia wavy (Fig. 
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). Tarsi 2-segmented. Hind tibiae and tarsi each with two stout spines at apex. Abdominal tergites without ctenidia but a few microtrichia present on VIII anterolateral to spiracles, tergites without craspedum; tergites VI-VIII with S4 setae minute; tergite VIII with posteromarginal comb, microtrichia absent at middle (Fig. 
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); tergite IX with two pairs of campaniform sensilla; tergite X with median slit more than two-thirds (Fig. 
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); abdominal sternites without craspedum; sternite II with two pairs of posteromarginal setae, III-VII with three pairs, III-VI with S1, S2, and S3 at posterior margin, VII with S1 and S2 setae placed well ahead of posterior margin, S3 submarginal (Fig. 
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). Sternites without discal setae. Ovipositor well developed.
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Abdominal tergite IX without median short and stout setae (Fig. 
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); sternites II and V-VII each with a circular or oval pore plate medially (Fig. 
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).
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The absence of ctenidia on the abdominal tergites indicates that 
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is not related to either the 
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or 
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genus groups (
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). However, 
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shares the apomorphic character, the lack of ocellar setae pair II, only with the African genus, 
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Bhatti, which is a member of the 
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genus group. This character state appears to be a convergence, as this genus does not belong to the same genus group. 
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has ctenidia and other character states of the 
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genus group and the lack of the ocellar setae pair II seems to be an additional loss in that lineage which already lacks ocellar setae pair I. Even though both the genera share a unique apomorphic character within the subfamily 
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, they may not be closely related. The host plant association of the two genera appears to be different: this genus was collected in the flowers of 
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, but all described 
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species are associated with mosses, and the genus is endemic to Africa.
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The lack of microtrichial fields laterally on the abdominal tergites indicates that this genus is not related to 
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genus-group (
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), and presence of long setae on the pronotum suggests that it is not related to 
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genus group (
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). The general appearance of 
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suggests that it is not related to 
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genus group even though it shares some character states like the absence of ocellar setae I and ctenidia (
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; 
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). The absence of a pair of dorsoapical setae on the first antennal segment indicates that it is not related to the two major genus-groups centred on 
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and 
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(
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, 
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), even though 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Nandithrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares several characters with 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Priesner" authorityYear="1930" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Trichromothrips" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Trichromothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Trichromothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
genus group like the absence of ocellar setae pair I, ctenidia, craspeda, and discal setae on sternites and the position of S1 and S2 setae on sternite VII.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">
It is similar to the Old World flower-inhabiting genus, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Priesner" authorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Lefroyothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lefroyothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Lefroyothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Priesner in colour, appearance, the absence of paired dorso-apical setae on antennal segment I, sculpture and chaetotaxy of the meso- and metanota, the absence of ctenidia and craspeda, and the presence of a group of microtrichia anterior to spiracle on abdominal segment VIII; however, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rachana &amp; Amarendra &amp; Gracy &amp; Nagarjuna Reddy" authorityYear="2023" family="Thripidae" genus="Nandithrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nandithrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Nandithrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Priesner" authorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Lefroyothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lefroyothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Lefroyothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in lacking ocellar setae pair I, the tergite VIII with the posteromarginal comb interrupted medially, the position of S2 setae on abdominal sternite VII, the pore gland shape and distribution on the sternites of males, and the stout thorn-like setae on tergite IX of males absent. Many of the characters of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rachana &amp; Amarendra &amp; Gracy &amp; Nagarjuna Reddy" authorityYear="2023" family="Thripidae" genus="Nandithrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nandithrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Nandithrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, particularly the absence of a pair of dorso apical setae on the first antennal segment, are shared with species of the flower-inhabiting genera 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Reuter" authorityYear="1899" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Ceratothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Ceratothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Reuter and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Moulton" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Projectothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Projectothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Projectothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Moulton. However, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rachana &amp; Amarendra &amp; Gracy &amp; Nagarjuna Reddy" authorityYear="2023" family="Thripidae" genus="Nandithrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nandithrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Nandithrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Reuter" authorityYear="1899" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Ceratothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Ceratothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by lacking ocellar setae pair I, tergite VIII with the posteromarginal comb interrupted medially, the position of S1 and S2 setae on abdominal sternite VII, and the pore gland shape and distribution on the sternites of males. 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Moulton" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Projectothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Projectothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Projectothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a highly distinctive genus because of the elongate, slender, eighth antennal segment that is about nine times as long as wide. This genus shares several character states with the members of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Megalurothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalurothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Megalurothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
genus group (
<taxonomicName authorityName="zur Strassen" authorityYear="1966" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Craspedothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Craspedothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Craspedothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
zur Strassen, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Megalurothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalurothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Megalurothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bagnall, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Odontothripiella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Odontothripiella" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Odontothripiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bagnall, and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Amyot &amp; Serville" authorityYear="1843" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Odontothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Odontothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Odontothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Amyot &amp; Serville) and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1918" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Ceratothripoides" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothripoides" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Ceratothripoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bagnall, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mound &amp; Nickle" authorityYear="2009" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Retanathrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Retanathrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Retanathrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Mound &amp; Nickle, and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Karny" authorityYear="1907" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Pezothrips" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pezothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Pezothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Karny. However, the absence of a pair of dorsoapical setae on the first antennal segment indicates that it is not related to these genera. Even though 
<bibRefCitation author="Mound, LA" journalOrPublisher="Entomologica Scandinavica" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" pagination="153 - 17" refId="B12" refString="Mound, LA, Palmer, JM, 1981. Phylogenetic relationships between some genera of Thripidae (Thysanoptera). Entomologica Scandinavica 15: 153 - 17" title="Phylogenetic relationships between some genera of Thripidae (Thysanoptera)." volume="15" year="1981">Mound and Palmer (1981)</bibRefCitation>
included 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1918" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Ceratothripoides" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothripoides" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Ceratothripoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Reuter" authorityYear="1899" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Ceratothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Ceratothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="zur Strassen" authorityYear="1966" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Craspedothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Craspedothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Craspedothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Priesner" authorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Lefroyothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lefroyothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Lefroyothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Megalurothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalurothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Megalurothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Odontothripiella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Odontothripiella" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Odontothripiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Amyot &amp; Serville" authorityYear="1843" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Odontothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Odontothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Odontothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Moulton" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Projectothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Projectothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Projectothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Megalurothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalurothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Megalurothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
genus group, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Reuter" authorityYear="1899" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Ceratothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Ceratothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Priesner" authorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Lefroyothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lefroyothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Lefroyothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Moulton" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Projectothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Projectothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Projectothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may not belong in this group because of the absence of dorso-apical setae on antennal segment I (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4743.1.6" author="Masumoto, M" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" pagination="075 - 091" refId="B6" refString="Masumoto, M, Okajima, S, 2020. Two new species of Pezothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in Japan and Europe, with designation of lectotype of type species. Zootaxa 4743: 075 - 091, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4743.1.6" title="Two new species of Pezothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in Japan and Europe, with designation of lectotype of type species." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4743.1.6" volume="4743" year="2020">Masumoto and Okajima 2020</bibRefCitation>
). Moreover, 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1071/IS19001" author="Zhang, S" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Systematics" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" pagination="671 - 696" refId="B18" refString="Zhang, S, Mound, LA, Feng, J, 2019. Morphological phylogeny of Thripidae (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia). Invertebrate Systematics 33 (4): 671 - 696, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/IS19001" title="Morphological phylogeny of Thripidae (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia)." url="https://doi.org/10.1071/IS19001" volume="33" year="2019">Zhang et al. (2019)</bibRefCitation>
showed in their phylogenetic analysis based on morphological data that 
<taxonomicName authorityName="zur Strassen" authorityYear="1966" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Craspedothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Craspedothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Craspedothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Megalurothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalurothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Megalurothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Amyot &amp; Serville" authorityYear="1843" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Odontothrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Odontothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Odontothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, genera with dorsoapical setae on antennal segment I, are included in the same clade and this clade was the sister-group to 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Trybom" authorityYear="1910" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Mycterothrips" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mycterothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Mycterothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Trybom, not 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1918" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Ceratothripoides" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothripoides" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Ceratothripoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. According to their analysis, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bagnall" authorityYear="1918" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Ceratothripoides" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothripoides" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Ceratothripoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
seems to be the sister group of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Karny" authorityYear="1907" class="Insecta" family="Thripidae" genus="Pezothrips" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pezothrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Pezothrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the systematic positions of these two genera are unresolved.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">
<bibRefCitation author="Mound, LA" journalOrPublisher="Entomologica Scandinavica" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" pagination="153 - 17" refId="B12" refString="Mound, LA, Palmer, JM, 1981. Phylogenetic relationships between some genera of Thripidae (Thysanoptera). Entomologica Scandinavica 15: 153 - 17" title="Phylogenetic relationships between some genera of Thripidae (Thysanoptera)." volume="15" year="1981">Mound and Palmer (1981)</bibRefCitation>
indicated that the absence of ocellar setae I is an apomorphic condition and presence/absence of this setae pair appears to be remarkably constant within genera and genus groups within the subfamily 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Stephens" authorityYear="1829" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Thripinae">Thripinae</taxonomicName>
. They also mentioned that ocellar setae pair II is remarkably constant in size and position. Hence, after examining multiple specimens (59 females, 22 males) of this genus, we assume that this apomorphic character, the absence of ocellar setae II, is constant within 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rachana &amp; Amarendra &amp; Gracy &amp; Nagarjuna Reddy" authorityYear="2023" family="Thripidae" genus="Nandithrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nandithrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Nandithrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.2.10" author="Minaei, K" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" pagination="377 - 382" refId="B7" refString="Minaei, K, Mound, LA, 2021. Character-state evaluation when discriminating Thysanoptera taxa (Insecta). Zootaxa 5061 (2): 377 - 382, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.2.10" title="Character-state evaluation when discriminating Thysanoptera taxa (Insecta)." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.2.10" volume="5061" year="2021">Minaei and Mound (2021)</bibRefCitation>
stated that character-state reversals have often been interpreted as apomorphies, such that an unusual looking species is given separate taxonomic status on the basis of the absence of a single character state and, moreover, loss of a character occurs quite commonly. They also stressed the importance of evaluating a new taxon in relation to the structure of closely related taxa under circumstances of apparent absence or loss of a character state. Understanding well the depth of their observations, and after examining multiple specimens of both sexes, we ascertain that the absence of ocellar setae II is stable across all the examined specimens and looked for the other characters which justify its diagnosis as a new genus. One more character state which is unique to 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rachana &amp; Amarendra &amp; Gracy &amp; Nagarjuna Reddy" authorityYear="2023" family="Thripidae" genus="Nandithrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nandithrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Nandithrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the pore plate distribution in males, and this character is very important in discussing the novelty of taxa if males are known. In the subfamily 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Stephens" authorityYear="1829" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Thripinae">Thripinae</taxonomicName>
, wherever males are known, eight groups of pore plate distribution has been suggested: medially on sternites III + IV + V (
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
VI, VII, and VIII); medially only on sternites indicated (III, III-IV, and VII); C-shaped pore plate on sternites III + IV + V (
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
VI and VII); two or three pore plates on several sternites; multiple small pore plates on at least III-VI; on antecostal ridge of at least IV-VI (rarely only II); gland aperture on antecostal ridge of III (no pore plate), and pore plates or glandular structures absent (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2129.1.2" author="Mound, LA" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" pagination="29 - 46" refId="B9" refString="Mound, LA, 2009. Sternal pore plates (glandular areas) of male Thripidae (Thysanoptera). Zootaxa 2129 (1): 29 - 46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2129.1.2" title="Sternal pore plates (glandular areas) of male Thripidae (Thysanoptera)." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2129.1.2" volume="2129" year="2009">Mound 2009</bibRefCitation>
). However, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rachana &amp; Amarendra &amp; Gracy &amp; Nagarjuna Reddy" authorityYear="2023" family="Thripidae" genus="Nandithrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nandithrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Nandithrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a unique discontinuous pore plate distribution with a single circular or oval pore plate medially on sternites II and V-VII, and this condition is not shared with any of the genera in the subfamily 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Stephens" authorityYear="1829" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Thripinae">Thripinae</taxonomicName>
, wherever males are known. In the new genus, an abrupt increase in setae length on both the veins beyond the distal third of the fore wing is noticeable, which is also not shared with any other genera in the subfamily 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Stephens" authorityYear="1829" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Thripinae">Thripinae</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">
To conclude, although 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rachana &amp; Amarendra &amp; Gracy &amp; Nagarjuna Reddy" authorityYear="2023" family="Thripidae" genus="Nandithrips" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nandithrips" order="Thysanoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Nandithrips</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a member of the subfamily 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Stephens" authorityYear="1829" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Thripinae">Thripinae</taxonomicName>
, more precise relationships are not clear.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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