Scolothrips, Hinds, 1902

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, Zootaxa 5306 (2), pp. 151-200 : 187

Key to species of Scolothrips from Saudi Arabia

1. Pronotum with one pair of posteromesad discal setae......................................................... 2

- Pronotum without pair of posteromesad discal setae.......................................................... 4

2. Body entirely yellow; fore wings entirely pale, without dark bands..................................... tenuipennis

- Pronotum, pterothorax and abdomen shaded brown; fore wings with two dark bands............................... 3

3. Fore wing dark bands not extending to costal margin; tergites II–IV shaded medially but never reaching to lateral areas.............................................................................................. sexmaculatus

- Fore wing dark bands extending to costal margin; tergites II–VII entirely shaded........................ Scolothrips sp.

4. Head, pterothorax and abdominal tergites uniformly shaded with grey marking; antennal segments I–II light brown.................................................................................................... latipennis

- Body entirely yellow, without any trace of grey or brown marking; antennal segments I–II pale............... longicornis