Chirothrips meridionalis Bagnall

Chirothrips meridionalis Bagnall, 1927a: 566

Described originally from southern France, this species is listed by zur Strassen (2003a) from the following areas: Mediterranean Region, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Nigeria, Madeira, Canary Islands. Bhatti et al. (2009) provide references to records from Iran.

Diagnosis: Body colour brown, tarsi yellow, forewing and clavus weakly shaded. Head weakly produced in front of eyes (Fig. 6); vertex with two pairs of setae, ocellar setae lateral to fore ocellus. Antennal segment II external margin almost straight, apex acute with sub-terminal seta; sensorium on segment III simple and curving around segment, on IV distinctly Y-shaped; antennal segment I without transverse ridge on dorsal surface. Tergal campaniform sensilla posterior to median setae; posterior margins of tergites II–VIII with broadly rounded independent lobes fused at bases into continuous craspedum (Fig. 23); sternites II–VI posterior margins slender independent craspedate lobes (Fig. 16), also laterally on VII. Male macropterous, smaller than female; antennal segment II only weakly produced on external margin.