Dolichothrips citripes (Bagnall)

Neoheegeria citripes Bagnall, 1921: 360 .

Dolichothrips (Dolicholepta) gracilipes Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1939: 46 . Synonymised by Mound 1968: 88.

Described from India, this species is similar in appearance to macarangai, but has much longer pronotal anteromarginal setae. It was described from two specimens taken in India near Delhi from Abutilon indicum (misspelled on the slides and in the original publication as “Alentillon”). The synonymic species, gracilipes, is also known to be associated with Abutilon . The male has tergite IX setae S2 unusually small and scarcely half as long as the iS setae, and as in macarangai the mesonotal lateral setae are long and capitate.

Specimens examined. INDIA: Pusa, paralectotype male on “Alentillon indicum ”, 12.x.1909 (Misra); Madras, 1 female from Abutilon, 27.iv.1963 (Ananthakrishnan), in BMNH .