Neocorynothrips asiaticus Ramakrishna & Margabandhu

Neocorynothrips asiaticus Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1939: 22 .

This species was described from India, but a second species in the genus, N. bruncurrum (Reyes), was described from seven males taken on plants of the Araceae, Moraceae and Solanaceae in The Phillipines. No females are known of this species, and the differences between the two species are unclear. Bhatti (2000), based on the original description of bruncurrum, distinguished the species in a key using the colour of antennal segment VI and the fore wing. The specimen listed below is identical with asiaticus in fore wing having undulating posteromarginal fringes, metascutum having transverse sculpture, and the head with anastomosing striae on the vertex. This is the first record of this species other than from India.

Specimen examined. Vietnam, Haquqng District, Cao Ban Province, 1 female on bamboo, 3-viii-2000, S. Okajima.