The genus Ctenothrips from India (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with description of one new species and one new record

KAOMUD TYAGI; BISWATOSH GHOSH; VIKAS KUMAR

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3821.2.7

Issue: Vol. 3821 No. 2: 20 Jun. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-06-20

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.2.7

Page range: 273–279

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**The genus Ctenothrips from India (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
with description of one new species and one new record**

KAOMUD TYAGI⁺⁻
BISWATOSH GHOSH⁺⁻
VIKAS KUMAR⁺⁻

Centre for DNA Taxonomy (CDT), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India

Thripidae Ctenothrips C. barapatharensis C. niger new species new record brachypterous key India

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Abstract

Ctenothrips barapatharensis sp.n. is described from specimens collected on ferns from Himachal Pradesh state of India. This is the only species in this genus having dark thickenings attached to fore ocellus. Ctenothrips niger Kudô is newly recorded from India, and the brachypterous form is described for the first time. A key to the three species of Ctenothrips from India is provided.