Key to species of the Thrips formosanus group (based on descriptions) 1. Body bicoloured; tergite IX with one pair of campaniform sensilla.......................................... hoddlei -. Body brown; tergite IX with two pairs of campaniform sensilla................................................. 2 2. Ocellar III either inside or at the tangent of outer margin of the ocellar triangle; tergite II with 4 lateral marginal setae...... 3 -. Ocellar III outside the ocellar triangle; tergite II with 3 lateral marginal setae...................................... 6 3. Antennal segment III entirely yellow or yellow at base........................................................ 4 -. Antennal segment III dark brown........................................................................ 5 4. Postocular I shorter than ocellar III; antennal segment III yellow at base, IV and V dark brown............... formosanus -. Postocular I longer than ocellar III; antennal segment III yellow, IV and V dark brown with yellow extreme base.... floreus 5. Fore tibiae and tarsi completely dark; fore wing dark................................................. obscuripes -. Fore tibiae and tarsi pale; fore wing dark with basal quarter pale........................................... tanicus 6. Metanotal campaniform sensilla absent; antennal segment III dark brown; fore wing and legs completely dark.... rostratus -. Metanotal campaniform sensilla present; antennal segment III yellowish brown; fore wing pale in proximal ¼; all femora dark brown with yellow apices, all tibiae and tarsi yellowish brown....................................... moundi sp.n.

Published as part of Tyagi, Kaomud & Kumar, Vikas, 2015, The Thrips formosanus group from Asia and Australia with a new species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India, pp. 296-300 in Zootaxa 3947 (2) on page 297, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.12, http://zenodo.org/record/241953