Scolothrips brevipilis Priesner 1936 : 83

Mound, Laurence A., 2011, Species recognition in the genus Scolothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), predators of leaf-feeding mites, Zootaxa 2797, pp. 45-53 : 48

Scolothrips brevipilis Priesner 1936: 83

Scolothrips hartwigi Priesner 1950: 53 syn.n.

At the time that Priesner described hartwigi , he knew brevipilis only from a single poorly preserved male that had been collected in Sudan. In contrast, the interpretation of brevipilis here is based on a series of both sexes from Yemen identified by Richard zur Strassen (in SMF). This is a distinctively coloured species ( Fig. 6 ), with the sides of the pterothorax and associated internal apodemes brown in contrast to the yellow body. The new synonymy indicated here is based on a comparison of the specimens from Yemen with the types of hartwigi from Transvaal, South Africa, together with specimens collected subsequently in that area (in SMF).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Scolothrips species. (1) S. ochoa, pro, meso and metanota. Head and thorax 2 – 3 (arrow indicates position of posteromesad discal setae): (2) S. latipennis; (3) S. sexmaculatus. Antenna 4 – 5: (4) S. ochoa; (5) S. asura. (6) S. brevipilis (in Canada balsam). (7) S. sexmaculatus (in clove oil). (8) S. rhagebianus (in Hoyers mountant).