Three new records of the genus Helionothrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India

Johnson, Thang; Shyam, Maisnam; Rachana, Rajan Ramani; Varatharajan, Ramaiyer; Taptamani, Heishnam; Mirab-balou, Majid

doi:10.52547/jibs.5.3.203

Three new records of the genus Helionothrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Thang Johnson ¹

Maisnam Shyam ¹

Rajan Ramani Rachana ²

Ramaiyer Varatharajan ¹

Heishnam Taptamani ¹

Majid Mirab-balou ³

¹ Centre of Advanced Study in Life Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur, Manipur, India – 795 003.

² Indian Council of Agricultural Research – National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR – NBAIR), Bengaluru – 560 024.

³ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, 69315 – 516, Ilam, Iran.

10.52547/jibs.5.3.203

Abstract

Three species of the genus Helionothrips Bagnall, namely Helionothrips cephalicus Hood, H. mube Kudo and H. unitatus Chen were collected and identified for the first time from India. Geographical distribution and diagnostic characters for the newly recorded species and a key to identify all the species of Helionothrips recorded so far from India is also provided.

Graphical Abstract

Keywords

thrips

Helionothrips

new record

north-eastern India

Manipur

20.1001.1.24238112.2019.5.3.4.4

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