Short Communication

Abstract: A consolidated systematic list of 333 species of terebrantian thrips, belonging to 118 genera (Insecta: Thysanoptera) recorded so far from India, is provided in this article. The list reveals that the family Thripidae has the lion’s share of 307 species, while Aeolothripidae, Melanthripidae, Merothripidae and Stenurothripidae contain very few species. Further, analysis of the present study shows that around 40% of the listed 333 terebrantian species appear to be endemic based on the comparison of Indian fauna with that of the published data of thrips of adjoining regions. Reports on the occurrence of exotic flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) and Neohydatothrips samayunkur (Kudo) are of concern to the country, as they are notorious for damage to the cultivated plants.

Keywords: Checklist, Indian fauna, Terebrantia, Thrips, Thysanoptera.

 

 

 

 

The order Thysanoptera is an important group of insects comprising diverse forms such as pests (Ananthakrishnan 1984; Mound 2005), vectors of tospoviruses (Mound 1996), gall makers (Ananthakrishnan 1978, 1979; Raman & Ananthakrishnan 1984), pollinators (Mound & Terry 2001; Nyree et al. 2004; Varatharajan et al. 2016), litter dwelling fungal spore feeders (Mound 2005) and predators (Lewis 1973; Ananthakrishnan 1993). The thysanopterans, commonly referred to as thrips are grouped under the suborders Terebrantia and Tubulifera with a total of 6,155 species in the World, of which the Terebrantia comprises about 2,484 recognized species in 331 genera under eight families (ThripsWiki—referred on 20 December 2016). The highest diversity of thrips occurs in the warm tropical countries of which India is one, and by virtue of having four biodiversity hotspots India harbours nearly 11% of the World thrips fauna. As early as in 1940, Ramakrishna & Margabandhu recorded 232 species of thrips from India, among them 100 belonged to the suborder Terebrantia. Later, Ananthakrishnan & Sen (1980) listed 647 thrips inclusive of 260 terebrantians in their monumental volume on Indian Thysanoptera. Subsequently, Bhatti (1990a) presented a catalogue of thrips of the suborder Terebrantia recorded from the Indian sub-region with 290 species in 124 genera in five families. Another recent article stated that the Indian terebrantian record has 309 species in 116 genera (Tyagi & Kumar 2016).

The base line data for this article was taken from the following sources (Ramakrishna & Margabandhu 1940; Ananthakrishnan & Sen 1980; Sen et al. 1988; Bhatti 1989, 1990a; Sen 1998; Varatharajan 2005) and other relevant publications (Bhatti 1990b, 1995, 1997, 1999a,b; Veer & Chauhan 1992a,b; Bhatti et al. 1994, 2006; Kumar et al. 2005, 2007, 2014; Bhatti & Ranganath 2006; Tyagi & Kumar 2008a,b, 2011, 2013, 2015a,b, 2016a; Tyagi et al. 2008, 2014, 2015a,b, 2016; Veer 2010; Tyagi 2011; Bala et al. 2012; Nafisa & Azim 2013; Varatharajan et al. 2015) for new taxa** and new record of species*, besides the primary source - ThripsWiki. The list of thrips recorded only from India (ROI)## has been marked and considered here by referring the collection records of Nepal (Kudo 1995, 1997), Sri Lanka (Tillekaratne et al. 2007, 2011), China (Mirab-balou et al. 2011), Japan (Masumoto 2010), Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Thailand (http://thrips.info/wiki) and Iran (Mirab-balou et al. 2013) in addition to certain other specific publications (Masumoto & Okajima 2006; Mound & Ng 2009). The collected data pertaining to the present work are summarized in Table 1.

Suborder Terebrantia Haliday, 1836

This suborder includes eight families, of which thrips belonging to the following five families, viz., Aeolothripidae, Melanthripidae, Merothripidae, Stenurothripidae and Thripidae, have been so far collected from India. Among them, Thripidae is the biggest family represented by a large number of economically important species, wherein 307 species in 105 genera have been recorded in India. Among them 121 are endemic, 33 new records and 22 are new species discovered after the year 1990. The latter data have been arrived at by considering the publication of Bhatti (1990a) as a base, since the above volume discusses information relating to this suborder prior to 1990. On the other hand, the remaining four families revealed only 26 thrips species in 13 genera with a dozen endemic forms. The new record, together with new species comprises a total of 60 thrips as shown in Table 1. While assessing the scenario, it appears that there is a good scope for further discovery of more number of species in India. The scientific names of all the 333 thrips recorded in India are systematically given below under the respective families. It is beyond the purview of this article, however, to provide details relating to each species separately, as the same can be easily retrieved from ThripsWiki. Further, only the valid scientific name of the taxon has been provided here.

 

 

1. Family: Aeolothripidae Uzel, 1895

About 207 species of aeolothripids are recognized worldwide in 24 genera (ThripsWiki--accessed on 20 December 2016), of which 18 species belonging to nine genera have been collected and recorded in India.

Genus Aduncothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1963

Aduncothrips asiaticus (Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1931)# #

Genus Aeolothrips Haliday, 1836

Aeolothrips collaris Priesner, 1919

Aeolothrips distinctus Bhatti, 1971# #

Aeolothrips fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)*

Aeolothrips indicus Bhatti, 1964# #

Aeolothrips intermedius Bagnall, 1934*

Aeolothrips mongolicus Pelikan, 1985*

Aeolothrips moundi Kulshrestha & Vijay Veer, 1984# #

Aeolothrips nigricornis Ananthakrishnan, 1968# #

Genus Allelothrips Bagnall, 1932

Allelothrips pandyani (Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1931) # #

Genus Franklinothrips Back, 1912

Franklinothrips megalops (Trybom, 1912)

Franklinothrips uttarakhandiensis Vijay Veer,

2010 **# #

Franklinothrips vespiformis (Crawford DL, 1909) *

Genus Gelothrips Bhatti, 1967

Gelothrips cinctus (Hood, 1918)

Genus IndothripsBhatti, 1967

Indothrips bhushani Bhatti, 1967

Genus Mymarothrips Bagnall, 1928

Mymarothrips garuda Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1931

Genus Orothrips Moulton, 1907

Orothrips yosemitii Moulton, 1911

Genus Streothrips Bhatti, 1971

Streothrips arorai Bhatti, 1967# #

2. Family: Melanthripidae Bagnall, 1913

Although this family includes 67 species in four genera worldwide (ThripsWiki--accessed on 20 December 2016), only three species have been recorded in India under the genus Melanthrips. They are:

Genus Melanthrips Haliday, 1836

Melanthrips affluens Ananthakrishnan, 1966# #

Melanthrips baileyi Ananthakrishnan, 1965# #

Melanthrips indicus Bhatti, 1967# #

3. Family: Merothripidae Hood, 1914

This family includes 15 species in three genera (ThripsWiki--accessed on 20 December 2016) that are usually found on dead twigs or in leaf litter, where they presumably feed on fungal hyphae (Mound & O’ Neill 1974). In India, occurrence of only three species in two genera is known so far.

Genus Erotidothrips Priesner, 1939

Erotidothrips mirabilis Priesner, 1939

Genus Merothrips Hood, 1912

Merothrips indicus Bhatti & Ananthakrishnan, 1975

Merothrips morgani Hood, 1912

4. Family: Stenurothripidae Bagnall, 1923

The World collection record of this family shows a total of only six species in three genera (ThripsWiki--accessed on 20 December 2016), of which, the following two species have been reported from India.

Genus Holarthrothrips Bagnall, 1927

Holarthrothrips indicus Bhatti & Ananthakrishnan, 1978

Holarthrothrips jambudvipae (Ramakrishna, 1928)# #

5. Family Thripidae Stevens, 1829

Thripidae is one of the eight families recognized in the suborder Terebrantia. This family is currently interpreted as comprising more than 2000 described species, divided into four subfamilies, namely Dendrothripinae, Panchaetothripinae, Sericothripinae, and Thripinae (Bhatti 1989). Amongst them, the subfamily Thripinae is the largest and most of the species feed either on plant leaves or flowers, many being pests, but a few species are predatory. In India, presence of 307 species in 105 genera of this family has been recorded.

5a. Subfamily Dendrothripinae Priesner, 1925

As many as 102 species in 12 genera are known worldwide under this subfamily (ThripsWiki--accessed on 20 December 2016). Only 26 species in six genera have been reported from India.

Genus Asprothrips Crawford, 1938

Asprothrips indicus (Bagnall, 1919)

Asprothrips navsariensis Tyagi, 2011**

Genus Dendrothrips Uzel, 1895

Dendrothrips albus Bhatti, 1967# #

Dendrothrips aspersus Bhatti, 1971# #

Dendrothrips cameroni Priesner, 1965

Dendrothrips cibarius Ananthakrishnan, 1965# #

Dendrothrips elixae Bhatti, 1971# #

Dendrothrips faurei Bhatti, 1971# #

Dendrothrips jasminum Ramakrishna & Marga-bandhu, 1939# #

Dendrothrips mendax Bhatti, 1971

Dendrothrips minutus (Ananthakrishnan, 1961)# #

Dendrothrips punctatus zur Strassen, 1968

Dendrothrips saltator Uzel, 1895

Dendrothrips schimae Kudo, 1989 *

Dendrothrips sexmaculatus Bagnall, 1916

Dendrothrips stannardi Ananthakrishnan, 1958

Dendrothrips strasseni Bhatti, 1971# #

Genus Leucothrips Reuter, 1904

Leucothrips nigripennis Reuter, 1904

Genus Parsiothrips Bhatti, 1970

Parsiothrips fuscus Bhatti, 1970# #

Genus Projectothripoides Shumsher, 1942

Projectothripoides pandai Shumsher, 1942# #

Genus Pseudodendrothrips Schmutz, 1913

Pseudodendrothrips albana Bhatti, 1997 **# #

Pseudodendrothrips bhattii Kudo, 1984 *

Pseudodendrothrips kulshresthai Chauhan & Vijay Veer, 1992 **# #

Pseudodendrothrips mori (Niwa, 1908)*

Pseudodendrothrips ornatissimus Schmutz, 1913

Pseudodendrothrips suvarna Bhatti, 1997 **# #

5b. Subfamily: Sericothripinae Karny, 1921

ThripsWiki (accessed on 20 December 2016) indicated that currently 168 species of thrips in three genera are recognized from the world fauna and among them 16 species in two genera are known from India.

Genus Hydatothrips Karny, 1913

Hydatothrips ananthakrishnani Bhatti, 1973# #

Hydatothrips atactus Bhatti, 1973# #

Hydatothrips aureus Bhatti, 1973

Hydatothrips boerhaaviae (Seshadri & Anantha-krishnan, 1954)

Hydatothrips dorax Bhatti, 1973# #

Hydatothrips hartwigi (Bhatti, 1973) # #

Hydatothrips proximus Bhatti, 1973

Hydatothrips ramaswamiahi (Priesner, 1926)

Genus Neohydatothrips John, 1929

Neohydatothrips chandrai Tyagi & Kumar, 2016 ** # #

Neohydatothrips gracilicornis (Williams, 1916) *

Neohydatothrips gracilipes (Hood, 1924)

Neohydatothrips latis (Bhatti, 1973)# #

Neohydatothrips plumeria Tyagi & Kumar, 2016 ** # #

Neohydatothrips plynopygus (Karny, 1925)

Neohydatothrips raniae (Bhatti, 1967)# #

Neohydatothrips samayunkur (Kudo, 1995)*

5c. Subfamily Panchaetothripinae Bagnall, 1912

A total of 136 species belonging to 39 genera are presently recognized in this subfamily (ThripsWiki--accessed on 20 December 2016). In India, 33 species in 16 genera have so far been recorded under this subfamily. However, several of these species are noticed on mature leaves of shrubby plants rather than on young leaves, where their feeding damage is accompanied by soiling due to sooty moulds that grow on the honeydew secreted by some homopteran insects (Trdan et al. 2005). Despite this, members of Caliothrips are pests on crop seedlings, whereas others are usually found only on grasses (Kudo 1992; Mound & Marullo 1996; Reitz et al. 2011).

Genus Astrothrips Karny, 1921

Astrothrips asiaticus (Bhatti, 1967)# #

Astrothrips globiceps (Karny, 1913)

Astrothrips lantana Bhatti, 1967# #

Astrothrips parvilimbus Stannard & Mitri, 1962

Astrothrips stannardi Bhatti, 1967# #

Astrothrips tumiceps Karny, 1923*

Genus Caliothrips Daniel, 1904

Caliothrips graminicola (Bagnall & Cameron, 1932)

Caliothrips impurus (Priesner, 1927)

Caliothrips indicus (Bagnall, 1913)

Caliothrips luckmanni Wilson, 1975

Caliothrips striatopterus (Kobus, 1893)*

Caliothrips sudanensis (Bagnall & Cameron, 1932)

Genus Euidothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1967

Euidothrips apsarus Ananthakrishnan, 1968# #

Genus Helionothrips Bagnall, 1932

Helionothrips aino (Ishida, 1931)*

Helionothrips kadaliphilus (Ramakrishna & Marga-bandhu, 1931)

Helionothrips nilgiricus (Ananthakrishnan, 1967)# #

Helionothrips parvus Bhatti, 1968

Helionothrips shivalik Bhatti, Kumar & Tyagi,

2006 **# #

Genus Heliothrips Haliday, 1836

Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouche, 1833)

Genus Hercinothrips Bagnall, 1932

Hercinothrips bicinctus (Bagnall, 1919)

Genus Monilothrips Moulton, 1929

Monilothrips kempi Moulton, 1929

Genus Noathrips Bhatti, 1967

Noathrips prakashi Bhatti, 1967# #

Genus Panchaetothrips Bagnall, 1912

Panchaetothrips indicus Bagnall, 1912

Panchaetothrips stepheni Reyes, 1994 *

Panchaetothrips noxius Priesner, 1937 *

Genus Parthenothrips Uzel, 1895

Parthenothrips dracaenae (Heeger, 1854)

Genus Phibalothrips Hood, 1918

Phibalothrips peringueyi (Faure, 1925)

Genus Retithrips Marchal, 1910

Retithrips syriacus (Mayet, 1890)

Genus Rhipiphorothrips Morgan, 1913

Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus Hood, 1919

Rhipiphorothrips pulchellus Morgan, 1913

Genus Selenothrips Karny, 1911

Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard, 1901)

Genus Tryphactothrips Bagnall, 1919

Tryphactothrips rutherfordi (Bagnall, 1915)

Genus Zaniothrips Bhatti, 1967

Zaniothrips ricini Bhatti, 1967

5d. Subfamily: Thripinae Karny, 1921

This subfamily includes 1702 species in 234 genera worldwide (ThripsWiki--accessed on 20 December 2016). Of these, 232 species belonging to 81 genera are known from India. They breed mostly on flowers or leaves or grass, whilst a few are predatory or feed on ferns. This subfamily consists of important pests, including the vectors of tospo viruses.

Genus Abacothrips Bhatti, 1986

Abacothrips lotus Bhatti, 1986

Genus Agalmothrips Priesner, 1965

Agalmothrips parviceps Priesner, 1965

Genus Agriothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1966

Agriothrips brevisetosus Ananthakrishnan, 1966

Genus Ajothrips Bhatti, 1967

Ajothrips gara Bhatti, 1967# #

Ajothrips karma Bhatti, 1967# #

Ajothrips medius Bhatti, 1967# #

Genus Akheta Bhatti, 1978

Akheta indica Bhatti, 1999**# #

Genus Alathrips Bhatti, 1969

Alathrips roonwali (Bhatti, 1963)# #

Genus Amalothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1967

Amalothrips flaccidus Ananthakrishnan, 1967# #

Genus Amphithrips Ananthakrishnan, 1965

Amphithrips argutus Ananthakrishnan, 1965# #

Genus Anaphothrips Uzel, 1895

Anaphothrips doonensis Chauhan & Vijay Veer,

1992 **# #

Anaphothrips latis Bhatti, 1967# #

Anaphothrips obscurus (Muller, 1776)

Anaphothrips sudanenesis Trybom, 1911

Genus Anascirtothrips Bhatti, 1961

Anascirtothrips arorai Bhatti, 1961

Genus Aneurothrips Karny, 1912

Aneurothrips priesneri Bhatti, 1971# #

Genus Aptinothrips Haliday, 1836

Aptinothrips rufus (Haliday, 1836)

Aptinothrips stylifer Trybom, 1894

Genus Aroidothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1960

Aroidothrips longistylus Ananthakrishnan, 1960

Genus Arorathrips Bhatti, 1990#

Arorathrips mexicanus (Crawford DL, 1909) *

Genus Ayyaria Karny, 1927

Ayyaria chaetophora Karny, 1926

Genus Bacathrips Bhatti, 1990#

Bacathrips solanifolii (Shumsher, 1944)# #

Genus Bathrips Bhatti, 1962

Bathrips jasminae Ananthakrishnan, 1968

Bathrips melanicornis (Shumsher, 1946)

Genus Biltothrips Bhatti, 1973

Biltothrips minutus (Bhatti, 1967)

Genus Bolacothrips Uzel, 1895

Bolacothrips bicolor Ananthakrishnan, 1960# #

Bolacothrips evittatus (Sakimura, 1958)

Bolacothrips indicus (Ananthakrishnan, 1966)# #

Bolacothrips striatopennatus (Schmutz, 1913)

Genus Bregmatothrips Hood, 1912

Bregmatothrips binervis (Kobus, 1906)

Bregmatothrips brachycephalus Shumsher, 1942# #

Genus Capitothrips Bhatti, 1974

Capitothrips subramanii Bhatti, 1974# #

Genus Caprithrips Faure, 1933

Caprithrips ajanta Bhatti, 1980# #

Caprithrips analis Faure, 1933*

Caprithrips melanophthalmus (Bagnall, 1927)

Caprithrips orientalis Bhatti, 1973# #

Genus Ceratothripoides Bagnall, 1918

Ceratothripoides claratris (Shumsher, 1946)

Genus Chaetanaphothrips Priesner, 1926

Chaetanaphothrips kiyosumianus Kudo, 1985 *

Chaetanaphothrips leeuweni (Karny, 1914)

Chaetanaphothrips orchidii (Moulton, 1907)

Genus Chirothrips Haliday, 1836

Chirothrips africanus Priesner, 1932

Chirothrips capensis zur Strassen, 1958

Chirothrips loyolae Ananthakrishnan, 1959# #

Chirothrips maximi Ananthakrishnan, 1957# #

Chirothrips meridionalis Bagnall, 1927*

Genus Craspedothrips zur Strassen, 1966

Craspedothrips minor (Bagnall, 1921)

Genus Ctenidothrips Priesner, 1952

Ctenidothrips bambusae Priesner, 1951

Genus Ctenothrips Franklin, 1907

Ctenothrips barapatharensis Tyagi, Ghosh & Kumar, 2014 **# #

Ctenothrips niger Kudo, 1977 *

Ctenothrips smilax Bhatti, 1976

Genus DanothripsBhatti, 1971

Danothrips setifer Bhatti, 1971# #

Genus Dendrothripoides Bagnall, 1923

Dendrothripoides innoxius (Karny, 1914)

Genus Diarthrothrips Williams, 1915

Diarthrothrips nimbus (Ananthakrishnan, 1965)# #

Genus Dichromothrips Priesner, 1932

Dichromothrips corbetti (Priesner, 1936)

Dichromothrips indicus Mound, 1976

Dichromothrips nakahari Mound, 1976

Dichromothrips phalaenopsidis Sakimura, 1955

Dichromothrips smithi (Zimmerman, 1900)

Genus Doonthrips Bhatti, Veer & Chauhan, 1994 #

Doonthrips setor Bhatti, Veer & Chauhan, 1994**# #

Genus Eremiothrips Priesner, 1950

Eremiothrips antilope (Priesner, 1923)

Eremiothrips acutus (Bhatti, 1972)# #

Eremiothrips varius (Bhatti, 1967)# #

Genus Ernothrips Bhatti, 1967

Ernothrips immsi (Bagnall, 1926)

Ernothrips lobatus (Bhatti, 1967)

Genus Euphysothrips Bagnall, 1926

Euphysothrips minozzii Bagnall, 1926

Euphysothrips subramanii (Ramakrishna & Marga-bandhu, 1939)# #

Genus Exothrips Priesner, 1939

Exothrips ananthakrishnani Bhatti, 1975# #

Exothrips anolis (Bhatti, 1967)# #

Exothrips cephalicus Bhatti, 1975# #

Exothrips deemax Bhatti, 1975# #

Exothrips hemavarna (Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1931)# #

Exothrips jammuensis Vijay Veer & Srivastava, 1985# #

Exothrips ornus Bhatti, 1975# #

Exothrips poorva Bhatti, 1975# #

Exothrips redox Bhatti, 1975# #

Exothrips sacchari (Moulton, 1936)

Exothrips sakimurai (Ananthakrishnan, 1961)# #

Exothrips shweta Bhatti & Ananthakrishnan, 1978# #

Genus Florithrips Bhatti, 1970

Florithrips traegardhi (Trybom, 1911)

Genus Foliothrips Bhatti, 1972

Foliothrips oratus Bhatti, 1972# #

Genus Frankliniella Karny, 1910

Frankliniella insularis (Franklin, 1908)

Frankliniella intonsa (Trybom, 1895)

Frankliniella schultzei (Trybom, 1810)

Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande, 1895) *

Frankliniella unicolor Morgan, 1925

Genus Fulmekiola Karny, 1925

Fulmekiola serrata Kubos, 1893

Genus Gnomonothrips Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1939

Gnomonothrips coimbatorensis Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1939# #

Genus Indusiothrips Priesner, 1952

Indusiothrips seshadri Priesner, 1952

Genus Jakthrips Bhatti & Ranganath, 2006#

Jakthrips ignacimuthui Bhatti & Ranganath, 2006**# #

Genus Kurtomathrips Moulton, 1927

Kurtomathrips morrilli Moulton, 1927 *

Genus Laplothrips Bhatti, 1972

Laplothrips bicolor Bhatti, 1972# #

Genus Lefroyothrips Priesner, 1938

Lefroyothrips lefroyi (Bagnall, 1913)

Lefroyothrips obscurus (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1966)

Genus Limothrips Haliday, 1836

Limothrips cerealium (Haliday, 1836)

Genus Megalurothrips Bagnall, 1915

Megalurothrips distalis (Karny, 1913)

Megalurothrips mucunae (Priesner, 1938) *

Megalurothrips peculiaris (Bagnall, 1918)

Megalurothrips typicus Bagnall, 1915

Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall, 1913)

Genus Microcephalothrips Bagnall, 1926

Microcephalothrips abdominalis (Crawford DL, 1910)

Genus Moundinothrips Bhatti, 1999#

Moundinothrips robustus (Bhatti, 1995) *

Genus Mycterothrips Trybom, 1910

Mycterothrips acaciae Priesner, 1932

Mycterothrips auratus Wang (1999) *

Mycterothrips chaetogastra (Ramakrishna, 1934)# #

Mycterothrips consociatus (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1887)*

Mycterothrips nilgiriensis (Ananthakrishnan, 1960)

Mycterothrips ricini (Shumsher, 1946)

Mycterothrips setiventris (Bagnall, 1918)

Genus Neocorynothrips Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1939

Neocorynothrips asiaticus Ramakrishna & Marga-bandhu, 1939

Genus Octothrips Moulton, 1940

Octothrips bhattii (Wilson, 1972)

Genus Odontothrips Amyot & Serville, 1843 #

Odontothrips moringa Tyagi & Kumar, 2016 **# #

Genus Organothrips Hood, 1940

Organothrips indicus Bhatti, 1974

Genus Oxyrrhinothrips Priesner, 1933

Oxyrrhinothrips rostrata Ramakrishna & Marga-bandhu, 1939# #

Genus Oxythrips Uzel, 1895

Oxythrips indicus Bhatti, 1967# #

Oxythrips kochummani Ananthakrishnan, 1969# #

Genus Palmiothrips Bhatti, 1978

Palmiothrips palmae (Ramakrishna, 1934)

Genus Parabaliothrips Priesner, 1935

Parabaliothrips coluckus (Kudo, 1977)*

Parabaliothrips takahashii Priesner, 1935*

Genus Parexothrips Priesner, 1965

Parexothrips capitis Bhatti, 1975# #

Parexothrips tenellus (Priesner, 1950)

Genus Plutonothrips Priesner, 1933

Plutonothrips cus (Bhatti, 1967)

Genus Priesneriola Ananthakrishnan, 1964

Priesneriola oneillae Ananthakrishnan, 1964# #

Genus Projectothrips Moulton, 1929

Projectothrips bhattii Ananthakrishnan, 1973# #

Projectothrips pruthi Moulton, 1929

Genus Psilothrips Hood, 1927

Psilothrips bimaculatus (Priesner, 1932)

Psilothrips indicus Bhatti, 1967

Genus Rhamphothrips Karny, 1913

Rhamphothrips aureus (Ananthakrishnan, 1954)# #

Rhamphothrips bhattii Tyagi & Kumar, 2013**# #

Rhamphothrips jasminae (Bhatti, 1977)# #

Rhamphothrips pandens Sakimura, 1983

Rhamphothrips pardus (Bhatti, 1967)# #

Rhamphothrips parviceps (Hood, 1919)

Rhamphothrips santokhi Kulshrestha & Vijay Veer, 1984# #

Genus Salpingothrips Hood, 1935

Salpingothrips hoodi Ananthakrishnan, 1969# #

Genus Sciothrips Bhatti, 1970

Sciothrips cardamomi (Ramakrishna, 1935)

Genus Scirtothrips Hood, 1954

Scirtothrips bispinosus (Bagnall, 1924)

Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, 1919

Scirtothrips fulleri Faure, 1929

Scirtothrips kenyensis Mound, 1968 *

Scirtothrips mangiferae Priesner, 1932 *

Scirtothrips oligochaetus (Karny, 1926)

Scirtothrips pteridicola Ananthakrishnan, 1968# #

Genus Scolothrips Hinds, 1902

Scolothrips asura Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1931

Scolothrips rhagebianus Priesner, 1950

Scolothrips tenuipennis zur Strassen, 1965 *

Genus Smeringothrips Priesner, 1938

Smeringothrips salaciae Priesner, 1938

Genus Smilothrips Bhatti, 1976

Smilothrips productus Bhatti, 1976

Genus Sorghothrips Priesner, 1936

Sorghothrips fuscus (Ananthakrishnan, 1965)# #

Sorghothrips jonnaphilus (Ramakrishna, 1928)# #

Genus Sphaeropothrips Priesner, 1928

Sphaeropothrips vittipennis (Bagnall, 1927)

Genus Stenchaetothrips Bagnall, 1926

Stenchaetothrips aralis Bhatti, 1982# #

Stenchaetothrips bambusae (Shumsher, 1946)

Stenchaetothrips bicolor (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1967)# #

Stenchaetothrips biformis (Bagnall, 1913)

Stenchaetothrips caulis Bhatti, 1982

Stenchaetothrips dissidens (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1967)# #

Stenchaetothrips divisae Bhatti, 1982

Stenchaetothrips faurei (Bhatti, 1962)

Stenchaetothrips glandularis (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1967)# #

Stenchaetothrips graminis (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1967)# #

Stenchaetothrips hullikali Tyagi & Kumar, 2008**

Stenchaetothrips indicus (Ramakrishna & Marga-bandhu, 1931)

Stenchaetothrips melaneurus Bagnall, 1926

Stenchaetothrips minutus (Deventer, 1906)

Stenchaetothrips pteratus Bhatti, 1982# #

Stenchaetothrips scius Bhatti, 1982# #

Stenchaetothrips spinulae Tyagi & Kumar, 2008**# #

Stenchaetothrips tenebricus (Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1968)

Genus Taeniothrips Amyot & Serville, 1843

Taeniothrips bharokariiensis Kumar & Tyagi, 2014**# #

Taeniothrips major Bagnall, 1916

Taeniothrips orchidi Ananthakrishnan, 1968# #

Taeniothrips tigris Bhatti, 1995 **# #

Genus Tameothrips Bhatti, 1978 #

Tameothrips arundo Tyagi & Kumar, 2015 **# #

Genus Tenothrips Bhatti, 1967

Tenothrips frici (Uzel, 1895)

Genus Thrips Linneaeus, 1758

Thrips alatus Bhatti, 1980

Thrips andrewsi (Bagnall, 1921)

Thrips apicatus Priesner, 1934

Thrips arorai Bhatti, 1980# #

Thrips atactus Bhatti, 1967

Thrips beharensis (Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1939) # #

Thrips carthami Shumsher, 1946

Thrips cedri Bhatti, 1980# #

Thrips chandni Bhatti, 1999 **# #

Thrips coloratus Schmutz, 1913

Thrips dorax Bhatti, 1980# #

Thrips flavidulus (Bagnall, 1923)

Thrips flavus Schrank, 1776

Thrips florum Schmutz, 1913 *

Thrips formosanus Priesner, 1934 *

Thrips garuda Bhatti, 1980

Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan, 1913)

Thrips himalayanus (Pelikan, 1970) *

Thrips hispidus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1966# #

Thrips kodaikanalensis Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1966# #

Thrips latis Bhatti, 1967# #

Thrips laurencei Rachana & Varatharajan, 2017 **# #

Thrips levatus Bhatti, 1980

Thrips longiceps (Bagnall, 1916)

Thrips malloti Priesner, 1934

Thrips mirus (Bhatti, 1967)# #

Thrips moundi Tyagi & Kumar, 2015**# #

Thrips nigropilosus Uzel, 1895

Thrips orientalis (Bagnall, 1915)*

Thrips pallidulus Bagnall, 1924

Thrips palmi Karny, 1925

Thrips parvispinus (Karny, 1922) *

Thrips rostratus Priesner, 1934

Thrips sensarmai Vijay Veer & Srivastava, 1985# #

Thrips setosus (Moulton, 1928)*

Thrips simplex (Morison, 1930)

Thrips speratus zur Strassen, 1978

Thrips subnudula (Karny, 1926)

Thrips tabaci Lindemann, 1889

Thrips tanicus Bhatti, 1970# #

Thrips taurus Bhatti, 1980# #

Thrips trehernei Priesner, 1927

Thrips vitticornis (Karny, 1922)

Thrips xenos Bhatti, 1980

Genus Trichromothrips Priesner, 1930

Trichromothrips albus (Bhatti, 1978)# #

Trichromothrips alis (Bhatti, 1967)# #

Trichromothrips arorai (Bhatti, 1967)# #

Trichromothrips bellus Priesner, 1930

Trichromothrips falcus (Bhatti, 1999) # #

Trichromothrips fasciatus (Ananthakrishnan, 1965)# #

Trichromothrips flavidus (Bhatti, 1978)# #

Trichromothrips indicus (Bhatti, 1978)# #

Trichromothrips nilgiricus (Ramakrishna & Marga-bandhu, 1939)# #

Trichromothrips priesneri (Bhatti, 1967)

Trichromothrips similis (Ananthakrishnan, 1968)# #

Trichromothrips walteri (Crawford JC, 1941)*

Genus Tusothrips Bhatti, 1967

Tusothrips setiprivus (Karny, 1926)

Tusothrips sumatrensis (Karny, 1925)

* - new record; ** - new taxa; ## - recorded only from India

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