Thrips Wiki (2013) Thrips Wiki The genus Rhamphothrips in India (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with description of a new species Tyagi, Kaomud Kumar, Vikas Zootaxa 2013 3745 4 491 495 4S3HL [151,425,1023,1049] Insecta Thripidae Rhamphothrips Animalia Thysanoptera 1 492 Arthropoda species bhattii sp. nov.   Measurements( Holotypemale in microns). Body length 1239. Head length 54; width across eyes 103; width across cheeks 105; ventral length to tip of mouth cone 189. Pronotum, length 220; maximum width 156; posteroangular major seta 22. Fore wing length 612. Antenna length 255; antennal segments L (W): I 15(24); II 37(19); III 45(14); IV 42(15); V 37(13); VI 43(13); VII 9(4); VIII 10(3). Fore coxal length 132; fore femur width 98; hind tibia length 139.   FIGURES 1–4.  Rhamphothrips bhattii. (1) Head and pronotum, male; (2) Tergites V-VIII, male; (3) Thoracic sterna, male; (4) Meso- and metanota, male.   FIGURES 5–11.  Rhamphothrips bhattii. (5) Prosternum with fore legs, female; (6) Mid leg, male; (7) Hind leg, male; (8) Fore leg, male; (9) Tergite 1, male; (10) Genitalia, male; (11) Hind leg, female.  Female (macroptera).Colour and size similar to male except pronotum 5 times longer than head and long mouth cone reaching to prospinasternum; mid tibia with one seta at apex; ( Figs5, 11). Abdominal sternite VII with S1 and S2 setae longer than distance between their bases.  Measurements( Paratypefemale in microns). Body length 1283. Head length 41; width across eyes100; width across cheeks 98; ventral length to tip of mouth cone 213. Pronotum, length 211; maximum width 162; posteroangular major seta 22. Forewing length 612. Fore femur width 84.   Material studied. Holotypemale (macroptera),  INDIA, West Bengal, Mursidabad, from flowers and leaves of  Tabernaemontana divaricata, 13.iii.2012, Biswaroop (Registration No. 5127/H-17). Paratypes: same data as holotype, 3 females, 1 male(Registration No. 5128/H-17 to 5131/H-17); Odisha, Gopalpur, 4 females, 4 males, from flowers and leaves of  Tabernaemontana divaricata, 15.iii.2013, Biswatosh Ghosh (Registration No. 5132/H- 17 to 5139/H-17). Holotypeand paratypesare deposited in the National Zoological Collections (NZC), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India.   Etymology. The name of this new species is in honour of Dr. J. S. Bhatti for his excellent efforts on taxonomy of Indian thrips.   Comments. This new species differs from all other members in the genus, apart from  R. santokhi, in being clearly bicoloured, and it was compared with a paratypespecimen of that species (Registration No. 5097/H-17). It can be differentiated by the pale abdominal segments V–VIII and basal 0.75 of segment IX; fore wing without brown cross band; fore tibia with one strong tooth; pronotum five times as long as head in male and four times in female. In  santokhithese character states are: abdominal segments V–X brown; fore wing with one brown cross band; fore tibia with two teeth; pronotum 3.5 times as long as head in male and three times in female.  Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to our Director Dr. K. Venkataraman, Director, Zoological Survey of Indiafor his encouragement and moral support and providing necessary facilities. We thank the editor and two referees for comments to improve the manuscript. This study is financially supported by the SERB, Department of Science & Technology through DST Young Scientist Project entitled “Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Economically Important Thrips ( Thysanoptera: Insecta) of India” (SR/FT/LS-24/2012), to the first author.   References Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009) An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161, 105–121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x   Bhatti, J.S.( 1978) Studies in the systematics of Rhamphothrips.  Oriental Insects, 12( 3), 281–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1978.10432090   Bhatti, J.S.( 1990) Catalogue of Insects of the Order Terebrantia from the Indian Subregion.  Zoology, 2( 4), 205–352.   Kulshrestha, S.K.& Veer, V.( 1984) Two new species of Thysanoptera (Insecta) from India.  Bulletin of Entomology, 25( 1), 33– 37.   Mound, L.A.& Tree, D.J.( 2011) New records and four new species of Australian Thripidae (Thysanoptera) emphasise faunal relationships between northern Australiaand Asia.  Zootaxa, 2764, 35–48.  Thrips Wiki (2013) Thrips Wiki- providing information on the World's thrips. Available from: http://thrips.info/wiki/Main_Page (Accessed 17 November 2013)