Stenchaetothrips indicus (Ramakrishna & Margabandhu)

Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2021, Contributions to the knowledge of Thysanoptera (Insecta) from Japan, Zootaxa 4970 (3), pp. 593-596 : 594

Stenchaetothrips indicus (Ramakrishna & Margabandhu)

Specimens examined. Japan, Ryukyu Islands , Okinawa-hontou Is., Naha-shi, Sueyoshi park: 7 females on Cymbopogon citratus , 10.i.2015 ; 14 females on Cymbopogon citratus , 12.i.2015; 1 female on Cymbopogon citratus , 21.vi.2015; 12 females on Cymbopogon citratus , 1.v.2018; 1 male on Cymbopogon citratus , 13.v.2018 (all collected by K. Minoura).

Notes. This species was described from India but is widespread in the Oriental region to Australia and the Neotropical region ( Jamaica, Trinidad) ( Mound 2011). The species is very similar to S. langkawieinsis Ng & Mound by their uniformly pale and slender body. However, the abdominal tergites have no microtrichia along their posterior margins and tergite VIII setae S2 (submedian) exceed the posterior margin. In contrast, in langkawiensis the abdominal tergites have small dentate posteromarginal microtrichia at least laterally (small microtrichia complete on VIII).