Liothrips mohanrami Bhatti, 2006

Dang, Lihong, An, Yiyan, Mound, Laurence A. & Qiao, Gexia, 2024, Leaf-feeding species of the genus Liothrips from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 5419 (1), pp. 53-84 : 69-70

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10787068
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/715E87B3-FFEE-FFB6-FF0C-F8F5FEF2D7C9
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scientific name	Liothrips mohanrami Bhatti
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Liothrips mohanrami Bhatti View in CoL

( Figs 8 View FIGURES 1–8 , 32 View FIGURES 22–41 , 46 View FIGURES 42–46 , 55 View FIGURES 53–60 , 79 View FIGURES 69–79 , 93 View FIGURES 89–96 )

Liothrips mohanrami Bhatti, Varatharajan & Singh, 2006: 377 View in CoL .

Described from Nagaland, India in galls on Mastersia sp. , this species is unusual in having males with the pore plate entire on sternite VIII and extending dorsally onto tergite VIII as a lateral pair of pore plates that may be slightly connected at posterior ( Fig. 93 View FIGURES 89–96 ) ( Bhatti et al. 2006: figs 14–16). The species has further remarkable characters: antennal segments III–VII largely yellow and elongate ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 22–41 ), and postocular setae located in the middle of head between posterior margins of eyes ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1–8 ). These characters are also observed in the Japanese species, L. tsutsumii View in CoL . The latter, however, has hind tibiae brown with extreme apex pale and metanotum reticulate medially, whereas in L. mohanrami View in CoL the mid and hind tibiae are yellow with basal third brown and metanotum with dense longitudinal stripes ( Fig. 79 View FIGURES 69–79 ). Two males from Tibet, China are identified here as L. mohanrami View in CoL by comparing with the original description and drawings; these have the pore plate on tergite VIII as figured for one male from India ( Fig. 93 View FIGURES 89–96 ). They show exactly the same characters in body coloration and structures, but were taken on leaves of Globba racemosa View in CoL .