Thrips abyssiniae (Moulton)

Mound, Laurence A., 2010, Species of the Genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Afro-tropical Region, Zootaxa 2423, pp. 1-24 : 5

Thrips abyssiniae (Moulton)

Taeniothrips abyssiniae Moulton 1928: 229

Known only from two females collected in Ethiopia, this is the only species with 8-segmented antennae considered here that has pleurotergal discal setae as well as sternal discal setae.

Diagnosis. Body dark brown, forewing dark with paler sub-basal area. Antennae 8-segmented. Ocellar III short, outside the ocellar triangle. Pronotum with some transverse lines, about 20 strong discal setae; posteroangular setae long, about 60% as long as pronotum. Metanotal sculpture transverse at anterior but almost striate near posterior, median setae near anterior margin; campaniform sensilla present. Forewing first vein with 4–5 distal setae. Abdominal tergite I fully reticulate, II–IV with no lines reaching campaniform sensilla or setae S1; tergite VIII comb long, complete but irregular; pleurotergites with several discal setae; sternites V–VII with about 15 discal setae in irregular transverse row, almost two rows laterally.