Gigantothrips Zimmermann

This genus of gall inducing species comprises 22 Old-world species found in Asia (ThripsWiki 2023), and no member of the genus was known previously from Arabian Peninsula. It is a member of Liothrips -lineage of thrips based on these characters: leaf feeding and gall inducing habits, one sense cone on antennal segment III and three on segment IV; parallel wings with duplicated cilia, long tube and absence of basantra (Mound & Marullo 1996).