Mitochondrial genetic diversity of pest and vector species, Frankliniella schultzei (Thripidae: Thripinae).

Background: Frankliniella schultzei (Trybom) is a serious pest and a carrier of tospoviruses in major agricultural crops. This species is a historical and unresolved species complex that contains genetically different cryptic species across the globe.

Methods And Results: DNA barcodes were generated from freshly collected specimens of F.

Frankliniella species from India (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with a new generic synonym and an unusual new species.

Frankliniella genus-group is one of the most important group in the sub-family Thripinae comprising, more than 270 species in nine genera. A morphological-based cladistic analysis of genus-level relationships within this group was performed, based on 54 morphological character states for 26 species, including Thrips physapus as an outgroup. This analysis recovered Pseudanaphothrips as monophyletic and sister-group to a group of five Old World genera: Firmothrips, Kakothrips, Parabaliothrips, Sitothrips and Yaobinthrips.

Comparative analysis of the two suborders of Thysanoptera and characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Thrips parvispinus.

Thrips parvispinus is a serious sucking pest on a number of economically important crops in the oriental region. It has gained importance recently for its drastic range extension distribution as an invasive pest. Here, the complete mitochondrial genome (15,067 bp) of Thrips parvispinus was sequenced and characterized.

A new species of Psephenothrips (Thysanoptera:Phlaeothripidae) with one new record from India.

Psephenothrips uttarakhandensis sp. n. is described and illustrated from India.

Gut microbial composition in developmental stages of gall inducing thrips and associated plant pathogenesis.

Gut bacteria play a crucial role in the several metabolic activity of the insects. In the present work, effort has been made to decipher the gut microbiota associated with the developmental stages of a gall inducing thrips along with their predicted functional role. Further, an effort has been made to correlate the bacterial communities with plant pathogenesis and thelytoky behaviour of .

A new species of Mycterothrips Trybom (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India with new record of the genus Paithrips Nonaka amp; Jangvitaya.

Mycterothrips nainiae sp. n. (Thripinae) is described and illustrated from India, and one genus and species, Paithrips circularis Nonaka and Jangvitaya, is newly recorded from India.

A new species of Oneilliella from India with description of the female of Trachynotothrips brevispinis Masumoto amp; Okajima (Thysanoptera: Thripidae).

Oneilliella shivii sp.n. (Panchaetothripinae) is described from India as the second species in this genus.