Dolichothrips reuteri ( Karny, 1920 )

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

Dolichothrips reuteri ( Karny, 1920) ( Fig. 1A–1B)

Diagnosis: Body including all femora and fore tibia dark brown, mid and hind tibiae clear yellow. Pronotum with sculpture lines near posterior and lateral margins. Abdominal tergites II–V with an extra pair of setae that are straight but not sigmoidal close to anterior pair of sigmoid setae; S1 setae on tergite IX as long as tube.

Material Studied: West Bengal, Hooghly , 25.viii.2019, 11♀♀ & 3♂♂, from mixed vegetation (Registration no: 9808/H17, 10817/H17, 10819/H17, 10820/H17, 10826/H17, 10828/H17–10837/H17), leg.: Avas Pakrashi.

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