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leaves, chillies, calocasia and cotton. S. orientalis on flowers of jasmine,
morinda etc. T. tabaci Serious cosmopolitan pest, more on onion. T.
florum on a variety of plants, noted in Vidarbha.
SUB-ORDER TUBULIFERA
Fam. Phloeothripidae. H. ceylonicus in crotalaria flowers. H.
ganglbaueri on Petraea and Solanum species. H. schultzae a rare pest on
mango. Vast literature on the subject. Some important pieces are :
Ayyar T. V. R. and Margabandhu V. (1931) J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc.
34:1029. Notes on Indian Thysanoptera with descriptions of new species.
(1939) Ind. J. Ent. 1:35 .Ibid.
Karny H. H. (1926) Mem. Dept. Agr. Ind. Ent. Ser. 9(6) Studies on
Indian Thysan.
Patel N. G. (1954) J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc. 51:597. Thrips of
Bombay Presidency.
Shumsher Singh (1949) Ind. J. Ent. 4:111. A contribution to our
knowledge of Indian Thysanoptera.
Order Neuroptera (Lace wings and Ant lions)
Small to fairly big, soft bodied, longish antennae, biting mouth parts,
2 pairs of membranous wings with numerous veins, held roof like over
body when at rest. Larvae carnivorous, some aquatic. Adults weak fliers,
feed on soft bodied insects, honeydew etc. A large number of families but
only 5 of fair importance in the State.
Fam. Myrmelionidae. (Ant lions)(भातावरील वर रतुर)