title: A new species of the genusThrips(Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from the Western Ghats of India.
abstract: Thrips laurencei sp.n. is described from specimens collected on flowers of Hydrangea macrophylla in Western Ghats range of Tamil Nadu, India. This new species shows sexual dimorphism in colour, with the females brownish yellow with brown shadings but the males uniformly yellow.
authors.affiliation: Division of Insect Systematics, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR), Bengaluru, Karnataka 560024, India.. vavarachana@gmail.com.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Rachana
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Varatharajan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D035264:Flowers; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D061149:Thysanoptera
keywords: Thysanoptera, Thrips, T. laurencei, new species, Western Ghats, India