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== Nomenclatural details ==
''Sophiothrips nigrus'' Ananthakrishnan, 1971: 197. 
== Biology and Distribution ==
Described from Kurseong, Darjeeling district, India. Recorded from Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, West Malaysia and Japan. Occurs on dead branches in tropical and subtropical regions. Fungus-feeder (Okajima 2006).
== References ==
Ananthakrishnan TN (1971) Mycophagous Thysanoptera - III. ''Oriental Insects'' 5: 189–207.

Mound LA (1977) Leaf-litter Thysanoptera of the sub-tribe Williamsiellina (Phlaeothripidae). ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology'' 36: 171–192. 

Okajima S (1987) The genus ''Sophiothrips'' (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from eastern Asia, with descriptions of two new species. ''Kontyu'' 55: 549–558. 

Okajima S (1994) The genus ''Sophiothrips'' Hood (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from Japan. ''Japanese Journal of Entomology'' 62: 29–39. 

Okajima S (2006) ''The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera)''. Fukuoka : Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

== Type information ==
Holotype female, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
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