Hydatothrips haschemi Girault, 1930

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

Hydatothrips haschemi Girault, 1930 ( Fig. 1 F-1G)

Diagnosis: Body bicoloured. Fore wings light brown with a pale sub-basal area. Pronotum yellow. Abdominal tergites IV–V with dark antecostal line. Head with weakly reticulation in between the ocellar triangle. Metanotum with irregular linear sculpture, with markings between the main lines. Forewing with a sub-apical lobe extending beyond the base of terminal seta. Abdominal sternites V–VI with continuous discal microtrichia medially. Male with large transversely oval pore plates on sternites V–VII.

Material Studied: Kerala, Thrissur , 3.i.2019, 2♀♀ & 4♂♂, on Cynodon dactylon L. (Registration no: 10911/H17–10916/H17), leg.: Iftikar Rahaman.

Distribution. Australia, India (New), Philippines, Thailand.