Stenchaetothrips bambusicola Mound, 2011

Singha, Devkant, Patidar, Abhishek, Kumar, Vikas & Tyagi, Kaomud, 2022, New records of Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) from India, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1), pp. 145-150 : 148

Stenchaetothrips bambusicola Mound, 2011 ( Fig. 1H–1I)

Diagnosis: Body brown with yellow legs; antennal segment III, distal half of II, IV–VI yellow. Fore wings uniformly light brown with yellow basally. Head about as long as wide. Pronotum with weakly spaced transverse striations. Meso- and metanotum with campaniform sensilla. Mesonotum with median pair of setae medially. Metanotum with median setae arising behind anterior margin. Abdominal tergites V–VIII each with a paired ctenidia; I–VII with dentate microtrichia laterally at posterior margin; VIII with complete comb of microtrichia; IX with two pairs of campaniform sensilla. Sternites V–VI each with a small transverse pore plate medially. Male with yellow thorax; abdominal tergite IX with 4 median setae in a straight line; sternites III–VII each with a transverse pore plate.

Material Studied: West Bengal, Kolkata , 23.ix.2019, 24♀♀ & 10♂♂, on Bamboo sp. (Registration no: 10876/H17 to 10900/ H17, 10906 /H17 to 10909 /H17, 10936 /H17, 10937 /H17, 11072 /H17, 11073 /H17, 11076 /H17), leg.: Devkant Singha.

Distribution. Australia, China, India (New).