﻿AbstractNandithripspouzolziaegen. et sp. nov.(Thripidae,Thripinae) is described from the flowers ofPouzolziapetandrasubsp.wightii(Urticaceae) found in Nandi hills, Karnataka, India. This new genus is characterised by an apomorphy, ocellar setae pairs I and II are both absent, and also has a unique discontinuous pore plate distribution, with a single circular or oval pore plate medially on abdominal sternites II and V–VII of males. Partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (mtCOI) gene sequence ofN.pouzolziaewas sequenced and the annotated sequence was submitted to NCBI GenBank.