Hoplandrothrips ochraceus Okajima & Urushihara, 1992

Sarma, Madhurima, Patidar, Abhishek, Singha, Devkant, Kumar, Vikas & Tyagi, Kaomud, 2023, First record of Preeriella Hood with one new record of Hoplandrothrips Hood (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from India, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (2), pp. 385-390 : 386

Hoplandrothrips ochraceus Okajima & Urushihara, 1992 ( Fig. 1A)

Diagnosis. Body brown to dark brown except tibiae yellow apically, tarsi yellow. Antennal segments I– II brown, III yellow at basal third, brown apically; IV–VIII brown with yellow base. Fore wing pale with brown shade medially. Head as long as broad with reticulations. Postocular setae expanded apically, as long as eyes. Cheeks weakly rounded. Pronotum weakly sculptured marginally. Forewing with 7–11 duplicated cilia. Pelta bell-shaped. Tube longer than head. Anal setae longer than tube.

Material examined. India, Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur , 5♀♀, on Curcuma sp. 19.i.2018, leg. Ajith Kumar. (Registration No: 11310/H17, 11673/H17, 11674/H17, 11923/H17, 1221/H17)

Distribution. China ( Dang & Qiao, 2014), India (New record) and Japan ( Okajima & Urushihara, 1992).