Scirtothrips inermis Priesner

Mound, Laurence A. & Stiller, Michael, 2011, Species of the genus Scirtothrips from Africa (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 2786, pp. 51-61 : 57

Scirtothrips inermis Priesner

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Scirtothrips inermis Priesner, 1933: 186

Described from the Canary Islands, and recorded from California, New Zealand and Australia ( Hoddle & Mound 2003), the only record of this species from the African region is Cape Verde Islands (zur Strassen, 1993).

Diagnosis. Body yellow, tergal and sternal antecostal ridges dark; forewings shaded near base, pale distally; antennal segments II–VIII shaded. Ocellar setae III about twice as long as diameter of one posterior ocellus, close together between midpoints of posterior ocelli; pronotal striae not closely spaced, posteromarginal setae S2 50 –65 microns long; fore wing second vein with 2–3 setae, posteromarginal fringe cilia straight; metanotum reticulate on posterior half; terga IV–VI with 4–6 discal setae on microtrichial fields ( Fig. 18 ); VIII with discal microtrichia anteromedially, IX without discal microtrichia; sternal microtrichial fields extending just mesad of setae S2. Male tergite IX with no drepanae.

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FIGURES 17 – 23. Scirtothrips species. (17) S. longipennis, head and pronotum. (18) S. inermis, terga V – VI. (19) S. kenyensis, pro, meso and metanota. (20) S. mangiferae, terga IV – VI. (21) S. spinosus, head and pronotum. (22) S. spinosus, metanotum. (23) S. zuluensis, meso and metanota.