Anaphothrips sudanensis Trybom

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 : 169

Anaphothrips sudanensis Trybom

Anaphothrips sudanensis Trybom, 1911: 1

This is a cosmopolitan species, described from Sudan but widespread through the tropics. The species is commonly associated with different grasses of the family Poaceae . Itis known to breed in leaf axilsof grasses instead of flowers.

Material studied. Al Baha. Al Makhwa, Nawan , six females from Cyperus sp. , 10.iv.2019, ( BT) ; Thee Ain Village , one female Pergularia sp. , 25.ix.2020, ( BT) ; Qilwah, Wadi Aleep , three females, 25.ix.2020, ( BT) ; 15 females, one male from Cenchrus sp. , ( BT) ; Qilwah-Ramziyah Rd. one female, 25.ix.2020, ( BT) ; Shada Al Aala , eight females from Cenchrus sp. , ( BT) ; Al Makhwa , one female from Cenchrus sp. 26.ix.2020, ( BT) ; Riyadh. AL Muzahamiya, one female from Triticum aestivum , 12.iii.2020, ( BT) ; Bradiya Farm , two females from Petroselinum crispum , 27.iii.2019, ( BT) ; Al Hair , one female from Teucrium polium , 28.iii.2019, ( BT) , Aldryhim, Y. N. and Rasool, I.