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Taeniothrips typicus (Bagnall) 

 (Text-fig. 13) 



Megalurolhrips typicus Bagnall, 1915b : 590-591. 

 Megalurothrips setipennis Karny, [925b : 11. Syn. n. 

 Taeniothrips varicornis Moulton, 1928b : 292. Syn. n. 



Priesner (1938 : 510) gives varicornis as a synonym of setipennis. The present 

 author has compared a paratype of varicornis with the unique holotype of typicus. 

 The species is related to nigricornis but antenna] III is yellow', IV yellow in basal 

 half, and V yellow at extreme base. 



Holotype $. Sarawak : Mt. Matang, 1,000 ft., in white flower, 8.xii.io,i3 

 (G. E. Bryant). 



Taeniothrips vuilleti (Bagnall) 



Physothrips mallet i Bagnall, im<v 1655 656. 

 Taeniothrips vuilleti Bagnall ; I itschack, i<)(>7 : 1-16. 



Although related to the alraltis vulgatissimus group, vuilleti is readily distingui- 

 shed by the paler antennae, and the few accessory setae on sternite seven. 



LECTOTYPE $. France : Banyul-sur-Mer, Carline Thistle, viii.1926 (R.S.B.). 



Thrips albipes Bagnall 

 (Text-fig. 20) 



Thrips albipes Bagnall, 1914b : 25—26. 

 Physothrips albipes Bagnall, 1916b : 401. 

 Physothrips pallipes Bagnall, 1916b : 400. 

 Thrips pallipes Bagnall, 1926c : no. 

 Thrips versicolor Bagnall, 1926c : 108-109. 

 Thrips albipes Bagnall ; Mound, 1967a : 17. 



This species has been referred by some authors to E it thrips hawaiiensis Morgan, 

 1913, which was described from two females with eight-segmented antennae in the 

 U.S. National Museum Collection. The common Indian species florwn Schmutz is 

 very closely related and if it should prove identical, this is the earliest available 

 name. In versicolor the head and thorax are clear yellow contrasting with the 

 brown abdomen, and the albipes series are very similar in colour. The pallipes 

 series are darker, the anterior part of the body being orange-brown and the abdomen 

 dark brown. Morphologically I can find no differences between the specimens which 

 can be interpreted as being of specific value. The eighth tergal comb is regular in 

 typical Indian florum specimens, in some of the albipes specimens some of the micro- 

 trichia have multiple apices, and in the pallipes series certain females have a few 

 microtrichia fused to form one or more triangular teeth. The sculpture and chaeto- 

 taxy is apparently identical. 



