A remarkable new genus of Thripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) without anteocellar setae from India

By

Remani, Rachana
Bellapu, Amarendra
Gracy, Ramasamy Gandhi
Katasani, Venkata Nagarjuna Reddy

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1141

Pages

65--73

Subjects

Bengaluru , Karnataka , Nandi hills , Nandithrips pouzolziae , Pouzolzia petandra subsp. wightii , Thrips

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1141.96170

 

Abstract

Nandithrips pouzolziaegen. et sp. nov. (Thripidae, Thripinae) is described from the flowers of Pouzolzia petandra subsp. wightii (Urticaceae) found in Nandi hills, Karnataka, India. This new genus is characterised by an apomorphy, ocellar setae pairs I and II are both absent, and also has a unique discontinuous pore plate distribution, with a single circular or oval pore plate medially on abdominal sternites II and V–VII of males. Partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (mtCOI) gene sequence of N. pouzolziae was sequenced and the annotated sequence was submitted to NCBI GenBank.