Podothrips sasacola

Nomenclatural details

Podothrips sasacola Kurosawa, 1940: 100.

Podothrips bicolor Seshadri & Ananthakrishnan, 1954: 221. Synonymised by Tyagi et al. 2020: 198.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Ogago, Japan on Sasa sp. in association with Odonaspis secreatus. Recorded from India and China; bicolor described from bamboo, Teynampet, Madras, India.

References

Kurosawa (1940) Thrips from Hatizyo-Zima, in the Province of Izu, Nippon. Kontyu 14: 93-102.

Seshadri A & Ananathakrishnan TN (1954) Some new Indian Thysanoptera - 1. Indian Journal of Entomology 16: 210–226.

Ritchie JM (1974) A revision of the grass-living genus Podothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Journal of Entomology (B) 43: 261–282.

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

Tyagi K, Singha D, Chakraborty R, Pakarashi A & Kumar V (2020) New species of Apelaunothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from India with new synonym of Podothrips sasacola Kurosawa. Zootaxa 4751 (1): 196–200.

Type information

Holotype female (P. sasacola), unknown depositary.

Holotype female (P. bicolor), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, paratype male in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.