Psilothrips pardalotus Hood, 1927

Minaei, Kambiz & Mound, Laurence, 2015, Thysanoptera disjunct distribution between western America and the Mediterranean with a new Psilothrips species (Thripidae) from Iran, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62 (1), pp. 1-7 : 3

Psilothrips pardalotus Hood, 1927 Figs 1, 6, 11

Psilothrips pardalotus Hood, 1927: 198.

Remarks.

As recognised by O’Neill (1960), the metanotal sculpture of this species is diagnostic (Fig. 6), and the major pronotal posteroangular setae are about 30 µm long. The species is recorded from Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah, and appears to be associated with Sarcobatus vermiculatus . In contrast to Psilothrips priesneri , the abdominal pleurotergites lack discal setae, and tergite IX lacks discal microtrichia.