Androthrips ramachandrai Karny, 1926: 226.

Original reference: Karny H (1926) Studies on Indian Thysanoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India Entomology Series 9: 187–239.

Family             

Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae

Nomenclatural information

http://thrips.info/wiki/Androthrips_ramachandrai

World distribution

Described from India, recorded from Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica,  Japan, Galapagos Islands and the USA (California, Florida, Texas, Hawaii).

Distribution in Brazil

http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/faunadobrasil/46005 

Life history

Feeds on the immature stages of galling Thysanoptera, particularly of Gynaikothrips uzeli in Ficus benjamina leaf-galls.

Economic importance

Not recorded.

References suggested

Boyd DW & Held DW (2006) Androthrips ramachandrai (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae): an introduced thrips in the United States. Florida Entomologist 89: 455–458.

Melo FS, Cavalleri A & Mendonça Jr. MS (2013) Predation of Gynaikothrips uzeli (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) by Androthrips ramachandrai (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). The Florida Entomologist 96: 859–863.

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