Jammuthrips paikulensis Pal & Kumar & Panjaliya & Tyagi 2022, sp.n

Jammuthrips paikulensis sp.n. (Figs 1 –12) Female macroptera. Body brown, fore wing banded with three white and four dark bands, one small grey patch just above the clavus anterior margin, second grey patch before middle and third grey patch in middle and fourth in posterior half, extreme distal end white; legs yellow, fore tibia with small grey patch in middle, unguitractor plates dark; antennal segments I–II white and III–VIII dark (Fig. 1). With the character states in the generic diagnosis: Head with ocellar setae II smaller than III, maxillary palp 2-segmented, but in one female, maxillary palp 2- or 3-segmented (Fig. 2). Antennal segment VI with a long sensorium on inner margin, reaching middle of VIII, VII with outer sense cone reaching to apical margin of VIII (Fig. 9). Mesothoracic furca with spinula (Fig. 10). Fore wing with 34 costal seta, first vein with 13 setae, second vein with one seta; clavus with 4 setae (Fig. 7). Abdominal tergites II–VII with reticulation near median setae and laterally, reticles with wrinkles; length of median setal pair on tergites I–VIII gradually increasingly (Figs 4, 12); median pair of setae on tergite IX slightly longer than lateral pair, with median campaniform sensilla; tergite IX with numerous microtrichia on posterior half medially. Sternite II with two pairs of posteromarginal setae, III–VII with three pairs. Measurements (holotype female, in microns). Body length 870. Head, length 40, width across genae (across eyes) 98 (96); compound eye dorsal length 37, ocellar III length 23; maxillary palp length 47. Antenna length 180. Pronotum median length 86 width at anterior end (width at posterior end) 115(132). Fore wing length 605. Hind tibia length 169, fore tarsus length 32, mid tarsus length 32, hind tarsus length 45. Ovipositor length 144. Antennal segments I–VIII length (width): 14 (16), 28 (23), 22 (14), 30 (16), 31 (16), 30 (11), 7 (4) and 12 (3). Male Unknown. Material studied. Holotype female: JAMMU and KASHMIR: Doda: Paikul, on leaves of Sorghum vulgare, 30.viii.2021, (Reg. No. 12113/H17) by Shash Pal, deposited at the NZC, Kolkata, India. Paratypes: 6 females same data as holotype (Reg. No. 12114/H17 to 12119/H17). Etymology: The species named after the type locality.