Praepodothrips indicus Priesner & Seshadri

Okajima, Shûji & Masumoto, Masami, 2025, Some Poaceae-inhabiting Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) in East Asia, with descriptions of six new genera and 18 new species, Zootaxa 5726 (1), pp. 1-68 : 51

Praepodothrips indicus Priesner & Seshadri

( Figs 185–190 )

Praepodothrips indicus Priesner & Seshadri, 1952: 408 .

This species was described from Valparai, southern India, based on an unspecified number of females and males taken from ‘most likely Graminae sp.’. It is recorded here from Thailand for the first time based on a good number of females. Pitkin (1976) indicated that all the legs of this species were yellow, despite, according to Sheela et al. (2015), a syntype male (this male labelled as ‘Holotype’) has the legs distinctly shaded with grayish brown. Moreover, the coloration of the intermediate abdominal segments and legs are variable in the specimens from Thailand (cf. Figs 185 & 186 ), but almost consistent in structure with the original description and that of Pitkin (1976). Only females have been known from Thailand so far.

Specimens examined. Thailand, 1 female, Doi Suthep , 500m alt., on grass, 8.viii.1976, SO ; 1 female, Sarabri, Farm of Kasetsart University , on grass, 20.viii.1991, TN & SO; nr. Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep , 1 female, on bamboo, 23 females, on grass, 1.ix.1991, TN & SO, 2 females, on grass, 2.ix.1992, SO; 17 females, foot of Doi Suthep , on grass, 24.viii.1992, SO ; 1 female, nr. Chiang Mai, Pha Hean , habitat uncertain, 3.ix.1992, SO .

Figures

FIGURES 178–190. Praepodothrips species. P. causiapeltus 178–184: (178) whole body, female; (179) whole body, male; (180) head and prothorax, female; (181) prosternum, female; (182 & 183) pelta, female; (184) antenna, female. P. indicus 185–190: (185 & 186) whole body, female; (187) head and prothorax, female; (188) prosternum and mesopresternum, female; (189) pelta, female; (190) antenna, female.