Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterisation, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India..
Zootaxa. 2021 Jan 28;4920(2):zootaxa.4920.2.10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.2.10.
With 120 described species (ThripsWiki 2020) Neohydatothrips is the most species-rich genus in the Thripidae subfamily Sericothripinae. Although widely distributed almost 70% of the species are from the New World (Lima Mound 2016), with only seven species recorded from India (Rachana Varatharajan 2017). The biology of most species in the genus remains unknown, but they apparently feed and breed on the leaves and/or flowers of various unrelated plants. A few species are economically important as plant pests as well as virus vectors, such as N. variabilis (Beach) (Zhou Tzanetakis 2013; Lima Mound 2016; Han et al. 2019). N. samayunkur (Kudo) is a pest on flowers and leaves of Tagetes spp. in many countries including India (Nakahara 1999; Bhatti et al. 2003). Even though N. gracilipes (Hood) was described originally as damaging cotton in Mexico, it is associated with weedy species of Sida in several countries including central India (Lima Mound 2016). In southern China, N. flavicingulus Mirab-balou, Tong Yang is reported as damaging leaves of Manglietia fordiana. In California, avocado crops are sometimes damaged by N. burungae (Hood) and this species is also recorded as distorting the young leaves of Passiflora in Colombia (Mound et al. 2019). N. gracilicornis (Williams) is reported as damaging Pinaceae and Betulaceae in Spain and South Italy (Marullo 2009). The purpose of this article is to describe a new species from India that was collected in the flowers of Jasminum sambac (Oleaceae) in Assam, northeastern India. A detailed structural diagnosis of this genus is provided by Masumoto and Okajima (2020).
（刺吸式昆虫）新Hydatothrips 属是缨翅目蓟马科 Sericothripinae 亚科中物种最丰富的属，有 120 个已描述的物种（ThripsWiki 2020）。尽管该属分布广泛，近 70%的物种来自新世界（Lima Mound 2016），但仅有 7 种记录于印度（Rachana Varatharajan 2017）。该属的大多数物种的生物学特性仍然未知，但它们显然以各种无亲缘关系的植物的叶片和/或花朵为食并在其中繁殖。少数几种物种作为植物害虫和病毒载体具有经济重要性，如 N. variabilis（Beach）（Zhou Tzanetakis 2013；Lima Mound 2016；Han 等人，2019）。N. samayunkur（Kudo）是印度等许多国家 Tagetes spp. 花卉和叶片的害虫（Nakahara 1999；Bhatti 等人，2003）。尽管 N. gracilipes（Hood）最初被描述为损害墨西哥的棉花，但它与印度中部等几个国家的杂草 Sida 有关（Lima Mound 2016）。在中国南部，N. flavicingulus Mirab-balou，Tong Yang 被报道为损害 Manglietia fordiana 的叶片。在加利福尼亚州，鳄梨树作物有时会受到 N. burungae（Hood）的损害，这种物种也被记录为扭曲哥伦比亚 Passiflora 的幼叶（Mound 等人，2019）。N. gracilicornis（Williams）被报道为损害西班牙和意大利南部的 Pinaceae 和 Betulaceae（Marullo 2009）。本文的目的是描述一种来自印度的新物种，该物种在印度东北部 Assam 的 Jasminum sambac（木樨科）花朵中采集到。Masumoto 和 Okajima（2020）提供了该属的详细结构诊断。
