<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Thrips orientalis Bagnall</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"/> </head> <body> <h1> <i>Thrips orientalis</i> (Bagnall)</h1> <p> <i>Isoneurothrips orientalis</i> Bagnall, 1915: 593 <i>Thrips hispidipennis</i> Hood, 1932: 122</p> <p>This common Asian species has been recorded from Africa only rarely, the synonym having been described from Tanzania. It is found usually in the perfumed white flowers of <i>Jasminum</i> and <i>Gardenia</i>.</p> <p> <i>Diagnosis</i>. Body and legs brown; tarsi and antennal III and base of IV yellow; forewings uniformly brown. Antennae 7 -segmented, III and IV elongate with apex constricted, VII small. Ocellar setae III small, on anterior margins of triangle; postocular setae pair II minute. Pronotum with 2 pairs of long posteroangular setae. Metanotum with equiangular reticles, usually with distinctive internal markings (Fig. 35); median setae long, arising well behind anterior margin; campaniform sensilla absent. Forewing first vein with 8 or more setae on distal half, row sometimes complete; clavus with subapical seta longer than the apical seta. Tergites with no sculpture near campaniform sensilla; VIII with comb absent medially, several small microtrichia laterally (Fig. 36); pleurotergites without discal setae. Sternal discal setae variable, sometimes absent but III–VI usually with 2–6 discal setae placed laterally.</p> </body> </html>