First record of two tubuliferan and four terebrantian species of Thysanoptera (Insecta) from northeastern India

Abstract

The occurrence of four species of terebrantians under the family Thripidae viz., Dendrothrips schimae Kudo, Mycterothrips consociatus (Targioni - Tozzetti), Panchaetothrips stepheniParabaliothrips coluckus (Kudo) and two tubuliferans under the family Phaleothripidae viz., Dyothrips pallescens (Hood) and Baenothrips asper (macropterous form) are reported for the first time from India, especially from the Indo - Myanmar hotspot regions of Manipur and Nagaland.