New Record of Moundinothrips robustus Bhatti (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Himachal Pradesh State of India

Moundinothrips robustus is a rare species and was described based on one female specimen collected from dead twigs at Java, Indonesia (Bhatti 1995). Subsequently this species was reported from Punjab state of India based on single female collected on fern (Bhatti et al., 2006). A female specimen was collected on fern from Himachal Pradesh state of India in our recent survey (2014-2015). The objective of this paper to report this species first time from Himachal Pradesh of India with DNA barcode data. The female are compared with the original description provided by Bhatti 1995.