Psilothrips minutus zur Strassen, 1965

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Psilothrips minutus zur Strassen, 1965

Psilothrips minutus zur Strassen, 1965: 27.

Remarks.

Known only from the Canary Islands on Suaeda fruticosa , this species is unusually dark, and is the only member of the genus for which micropterous individuals are known. None of the available specimens are suitably cleared, but pleurotergal discal setae are not discernable. The tergal antecostal ridge is weaker in this species than among the other members of this genus, and the micropterae have the median tergal setae irregular in size and on some tergites arising posterior to the antecostal ridge.