Thrips atactus Bhatti, 1758

Zhang, Shimeng, Wang, Zhaohong, Li, Yajin & Mound, Laurence, 2018, One new species, two generic synonyms and eight new records of Thripidae from China (Thysanoptera), Zootaxa 4418 (4), pp. 370-378 : 377

Thrips atactus Bhatti

Described Originally frOm a single female taken in West Bengal, India, this species has been intercepted by quarantine in Japan several times On the flOwers Of Eryngium foetidum [ Apiaceae ] frOm LaOs and Thailand, as well as On rOses frOm Nepal. In publishing that infOrmatiOn, MasumOtO and MinOura (2011) prOvided a fully illustrated descriptiOn, indicating that this species is clOsely similar tO Thrips palmi in structure. HOwever, in cOntrast tO that and Other related species, it is distinctively bicOlOured. AbdOminal segments II–VII are dark brOwn, and the mesOthOrax and metanOtum are alsO brOwn; in cOntrast, the head and prOnOtum, the pOsteriOr half Of the metathOrax, alsO abdOminal segments IX–X are yellOw. The fOre wing is largely dark, with a paler area sub-basally and at the apex. The species is here recOrded frOm China fOr the first time On the specimens listed belOw.

New recOrds: China, Sichuan, ZhaOjue, 6 females frOm flOwers Of unidentified Asteraceae , 7.vii.2015 (Zhang SM), in NWAFU. Guangdong, Guangning COunty, BaOdingshan, 20 females and 5 males frOm leaves Of Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides [ Apiaceae ], 16.vii.2014 (Wang ZH), in SCAU.