Trichromothrips xanthius (Williams)

Taeniothrips xanthius Williams, 1917: 59 . Kurosawa, 1938: 124 –127; 1968: 27. Dorcadothrips xanthius (Williams): Bhatti, 1978b: 168 –169. Nakahara, 1993: 407 –408. Wang, 2002: 192 –193.

Trichromothrips xanthius (Williams): Bhatti, 1999: 4; 2000: 28–29.

Specimens examined. 3 females, Japan, Hyogo Pref., Mikage, on catlleya, 7­v­1937, Matsumoto (Kurosawa collection in National Institute for Agro­Environmental Sciences).

Comments. This species can be distinguished easily from other members of the genus by having a small coarse­grained dark area on each side of abdominal sterna V and VI.