Pseudodendrothrips species

Rasool, Iftekhar, Mound, Laurence A., Soliman, Ahmed M. & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2021, The Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of SaudiArabia, withnew records one new species, and revised status of Pseudodendrothrips stuardoi (Moulton), Zootaxa 4999 (3), pp. 219-227 : 223

Key to Pseudodendrothrips species from Saudi Arabia

( P. mori included only for reference)

1. Antennae 8–segmented ( Fig. 13 ); hind tibiae with two spines at apex ( Fig. 12 ); body yellow with no dark markings................................................................................................. P. aegyptiacus

-. Antennae 9–segmented ( Fig. 19 ); hind tibiae with one spine at apex ( Figs 11 , 20 ); body yellow with gray to light brown shadings at least between base of antennae..................................................................... 2

2. Mouth cone extending across mesosternum, maxillary palps 50 microns long ( Fig. 16 ); hind tarsi at least 0.8 times as long hind tibiae ( Fig. 20 ); fore wing first vein with 12–13 setae ( Fig. 18 ); pronotal posteroangular setae S3 usually almost as long as S4 ( Fig. 14 ) ……………………............................................................. P. stuardoi stat. rev.

-. Mouth cone not extending beyond prosternum, maxillary palps less than 40 microns long; hind tarsi at most 0.6 times as long as hind tibiae ( Fig. 11 ); fore wing first vein with about 6 setae; pronotal posteroangular setae S3 distinctly shorter than S4 ( Fig. 9 )............................................................................................. P. mori

Figures

FIGURES 8–13. Pseudodendrothrips species. P. mori: (8) Head; (9) Pronotum; (10) Tergites V–VIII; (11) Hind tibia & tarsus. P. aegyptiacus: (12) Hind tibia & tarsus; (13) Antenna.

FIGURES 14–20. Pseudodendrothrips stuardoi: (14) Head & pronotum; (15) Tergites III–VII; (16) Mouth cone & maxillary palp; (17) Tergites VII–X; (18) Fore wing; (19) Antennae; (20) Hind tibia & tarsus.