Litotetothrips pasaniae Kurosawa, 1937

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 : 146

Litotetothrips pasaniae Kurosawa, 1937 ( Fig. 1C–1D)

Diagnosis: Body dark brown. Fore femora with extreme apices yellowish, fore tibiae yellow, all tarsi yellow; antennal segments III–VII largely yellow. Fore wings slightly shaded brown basally. Head as long as wide with weak anastomosing striation at basal half dorsally. Pronotum weakly sculptured towards posterior margin. Fore wings without duplicated cilia. Pelta bell–shaped. Tube 2.5 times as long as broad. Anal setae almost as long as tube.

Material Studied: Mizoram, Aizwal , 27.i.2019, 2♀♀ & 1♂, on general vegetation (Registration no: 10711/H17, 10930/H17 to 10930/H17), leg.: Iftikar Rahaman.

Distribution. China (including Taiwan), Japan, India (New).