Nandithrips (Mound & Masumoto, 2009)

Li, Yajin, Tong, Xiaoli & Zhang, Hongrui, 2023, The genus Nandithrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with a new species from Southern China, Zootaxa 5277 (2), pp. 395-400 : 396

Key to species of Nandithrips

(* based on description)

1. Body golden yellow with head dark; antennal segments I–IV pale yellow, postocular setae pair I subequal to pair III; pronotum weakly sculptured with transverse striae; abdominal sternites II and V–VII each with a circular or oval pore plate in males [ India, Urticaceae ]............................................................................ pouzolziae *

-. Body clearly bicolored, with head, thorax and part of abdominal tergites brown ( Fig. 1 ); antennal segment I brown, II–III yellow ( Fig. 7 ); postocular setae I the longest and much longer than III; pronotum smooth ( Fig. 3 ); abdominal sternites II, IV/V–VII with pore plate in males ( Figs 4–5 ) [ China, Urticaceae ]...................................... niveae sp.n.

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Nandithrips niveae sp. n. (1) Female. (2) Male. (3) Head and thorax of female. (4) Abdominal sternites II–VI of male. (5) Abdominal sternites II–VII of male. (6) Fore wing. (7) Antenna.