Bathrips melanicornis (Shumsher)

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

Bathrips melanicornis (Shumsher)

Specimens examined. Japan, Ryukyu Islands: Yoron Is., 1 female on Ipomoea indica [ Convolvulaceae ], 19.x.2003, K. Minoura. Okinawa-hontou Is., Onna-son, Nakadomari, 1 female on Morus australis [ Moraceae ], 20.xi.2010. Okinawahontou Is., Tomigusuku-shi, Nesabu, 1 female & 3 males on Duranta repens [ Verbenaceae ], 2.vii.2015. Sesoko-jima Is., 1 female on Phaseolus vulgaris [ Fabaceae ]. Ie-jima Is., 1 female on Ipomoea batatas , 23.x.2003. (all collected by K. Minoura). Ishigaki-jima Is., Takeda: 1 female on Morus leaves, 29.viii.1989, S. Okajima. 2 females on Morus leaves, 5.ix.1989, S. Okajima. Iriomote-jima Is., Otomi-rindou: 1 female (host unknown), 26.iii.2019, S. Okajima.

Notes. This species is widespread in Southeast Asia to Australia. Little is known of the biology but the species is often associated with several vegetable crops such as soybeans and groundnuts in Java ( Miyazaki et al. 1984; Mound & Ng 2009), and often intercepted by Japanese plant quarantine on Ocimum basilicum [ Lamiaceae ] imported from Laos or Ocimum tenuiflorum imported from Thailand ( Masumoto et al. 2012).