Thrips hemkundensis, Tyagi & Pal & Sarma & Kumar, 2025

Thrips hemkundensis sp. nov.

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Female macroptera. Body uniformly dark brown ( Fig. 207 View FIGURES 207–214 ); antennal segments I–VIII dark brown ( Fig. 209 View FIGURES 207–214 ); forewing uniformly brown ( Fig. 214 View FIGURES 207–214 ); fore tibiae slightly pale towards apex, all tarsi yellowish brown. Head broader than long, ocellar triangle without any sculpture; ocellar setae III at the tangent of ocellar triangle; six pairs of well-developed postocular setae, pair I clearly longer than others, II placed well behind I and III ( Fig. 208 View FIGURES 207–214 ). Antennae 8-segmented, segment III and IV each with forked sense cone ( Fig. 209 View FIGURES 207–214 ). Pronotal surface with transverse striations, with 18–22 discal setae; posteroangular setae 2 pairs; posteromarginal setae 3 pairs. Mesonotum with transverse striations; anteromedian campaniform sensilla present; median pair of setae ahead of the posterior margin. Metanotum with irregular longitudinal reticulation medially surrounded by transverse striations, few transverse lines anteriorly; median pair of setae far behind the anterior margin; the distance between the median pair less than the median and submedian setae; campaniform sensilla present ( Fig. 210 View FIGURES 207–214 ). Forewing first vein with 7 basal and 3 distal setae; second vein with 12 setae; clavus with 5 veinal and 1 discal seta ( Fig. 214 View FIGURES 207–214 ). Abdominal tergite II with 3 lateral marginal setae ( Fig. 212 View FIGURES 207–214 ); VIII with variable posteromarginal comb, microtrichia often irregular or absent medially ( Fig. 213 View FIGURES 207–214 ); IX with 2 pairs of campaniform sensilla. Abdominal sternites III–VII each with discal setae, III–VI arranged in an irregular transverse row, VII in one row ( Fig. 211 View FIGURES 207–214 ); sternite VII with S1 setae far away from the posterior margin ( Fig. 211 View FIGURES 207–214 ). Pleurotergites without ciliate microtrichia and discal setae.

Measurements. (Holotype female in microns). Body length 1825. Head length (width across cheeks) 135 (1698); compound eye dorsal length (width) 61 (42); pronotum median length (width) 137 (224). Forewing length 842. Antenna segments I–VIII length (width): 24 (31), 42 (25), 57 (21), 56 (22), 44 (21), 60 (23), 7 (9) and 11 (6).

Male unknown.

Material studied. Holotype female, INDIA, Uttarakhand, Hemkund (31.39 N, 77.11E, 1761 m), on Saxifraga diversifolia , 17.viii.1984, B.K. Negi & A.K. Srivastava, in NZC, ZSI (Reg. No. 26227/H17 ) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 2 females with same data as holotype (Reg. No. 26228/H17 to GoogleMaps 26229/H17) GoogleMaps .

Etymology: The species is named after the type locality.

Comments: Thrips hemkundensis sp. nov. is similar to Thrips pini Uzel but it can be differentiated by smooth ocellar triangle (weakly sculptured in T. pini ); cheeks not rounded (rounded in T. pini ); head without tubercles in front of eyes (head usually with small tubercles arranged longitudinally in front of eyes in T. pini ); postocular setae biserial, poII and poIV well developed (postocular setae uniserial, po II and po IV minute in T. pini ); pronotum with 18–22 discal setae (24–35 in T. pini ); antennae brown (antennal segment I to II pale brown, III brown often with basal third yellowish, IV brown or dark brown with extreme base slightly pale, V dark brown with extreme base slightly pale in T. pini ); metanotum with longitudinal reticulations in middle (with irregular reticulations or transverse anastomosing striae at middle in in T. pini ); abdominal tergite II with 3 lateral marginal setae (4 lateral marginal setae in T. pini ).