Androthrips ramachandrai Karny, 1926

Wang, Chen, Duan, Bansuo, Li, Yajin & Zhang, Hongrui, 2025, Studies on the genus Androthrips from China, with a new species and a new synonym (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 5716 (1), pp. 139-145 : 143-144

Androthrips ramachandrai Karny, 1926

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Androthrips ramachandrai Karny, 1926: 226 .

This species was described from one female and one male collected from galls on Calycopteris floribunda in Taliparamba, India ( Ananthakrishnan & Sen 1980). It is now widely distributed across the world, and is usually found within leaf galls induced by Gynaikothrips species on Ficus trees. It preys on the immature stages of these galling thrips. Laboratory studies indicate no strong preference for different immature stages of G. uzeli , although adults consumed more eggs than larvae or pupae ( Melo et al. 2013).

Specimens examined. 1 female macroptera, CHINA, Yunnan, Kunming City, Chenggong District , from Ficus , 08.VIII.2010, collected by Lijuan Zhang ; 4 females macropterae, CHINA, Yunnan, Kunming City, Panlong District , from Ficus , 18.VII.2012, collected by Lijuan Zhang.

FIGURES 21–23. Tergite IV. (21) A. huanglianensis . (22) A. monsterae . (23) A. ramachandrai .

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FIGURES 1–4. Androthrips species. (1) A. huanglianensis, female macroptera. (2) paratype of A. guiyangensis, female, macroptera. (3) A. monsterae, female, macroptera. (4) A. ramachandrai, female, macroptera.