Published June 20, 2023 | Version v1
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Aeolothrips Haliday 1836

  • 1. Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. Department of Plant Protection, Chair of Engineer Abdullah Ahmad Bagshan for Bee Research, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. & irasool @ ksu. edu. sa; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8955 - 2340;
  • 2. Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. Department of Plant Protection, Chair of Engineer Abdullah Ahmad Bagshan for Bee Research, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA.
  • 3. Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. Department of Plant Protection, Chair of Engineer Abdullah Ahmad Bagshan for Bee Research, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. & hdhafer @ ksu. edu. sa, http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4911 - 2332

Description

Key to species of Aeolothrips of Saudi Arabia

(* indicates species included from descriptions).

1. Fore wing posterior half with longitudinal dark band, covering almost entire length of wing except apex and base; metanotum with circular rings of sculpture.................................................................... asirensis *

- Fore wing with two dark cross bands; metanotum sculpture with equiangular or transverse reticulation................. 2

2. Antennal segments IV–IX grey; dark band on fore wing wider than long; legs bicolored, mid and hind tarsi and extreme apex of mid and hind tibiae yellow.................................................................... eremicola

- At least antennal segments V–IX dark brown; dark bands on fore wings longer than wide; hind and mid legs unicolorous brown.............................................................................................. 3

3. Ring vein around apex of fore wings and posteromarginal vein between the two transverse dark bands brown............ 4

- Ring vein around apex of fore wings and posteromarginal vein between the two transverse dark bands as pale as membrane it surrounds........................................................................................... 5

4. Antennal segment V longer than length of VI–IX together............................................ tenuicornis

- Antennal segment V shorter than VI–IX together..................................................... deserticola

5. Antennal segment III brown at apex, IV entirely dark brown, sensorium on segment III small, hardly reaching to half length of segment; sternite VII with additional pair of setae ahead of posterior marginal setae........................ mongolicus

- Antennal segment III completely yellow; IV yellow at base, sensorium on segment III long, surpassing half the length of segment; sternite VII with additional pair of setae conspicuous and close to posterior margin................... sobrinus

Notes

Published as part of Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2023, Faunistic inventory, identification keys and zoogeographical analysis of the Thysanoptera-Terebrantia of Saudi Arabia, including two new species, pp. 151-200 in Zootaxa 5306 (2) on page 156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8058749

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Haliday
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Thysanoptera
Family
Aeolothripidae
Genus
Aeolothrips
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Aeolothrips Haliday, 1836 sec. Rasool, Alattal & Aldhafer, 2023