author(s)
RR Rachana, SG Rayar, RS Giraddi, IK Kalappanavar and SC Alagundagi

abstract
Opimothrips tubulatus Nonaka and Okajima and Trichromothrips antidesmae Li, Li and Zhang have been recorded for the first time from India. O. tubulatus was collected on the leaves of an unidentified weed of, whereas T. antidesmae was collected on the leaves of Citrus limon (L.) Burm. during a thrips survey carried out at Chitradurga in Karnataka. Among them, O. tubulatus belongs to the subfamily Panchaetothripinae, and T. antidesmae comes under Thripinae. Diagnosis and illustration for the above two terebrantians are given along with the images for the respective species.