Hydatothrips bahaensis Rasool

Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2023, Faunistic inventory, identification keys and zoogeographical analysis of the Thysanoptera-Terebrantia of Saudi Arabia, including two new species, Zootaxa 5306 (2), pp. 151-200 : 166

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B368BB44-3731-4DC2-B281-C586FC692CEB
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1F125A29-FFEE-FFF3-FF5D-3DA407F5C801
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hydatothrips bahaensis Rasool
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Hydatothrips bahaensis Rasool, 2021: 32 View in CoL

This is native to Southwestern Saudi Arabia where it damages the leaves of Pergularia sp. [ Apocynaceae View in CoL ] and Boerhavia diffusa View in CoL [ Nyctaginaceae View in CoL ].

Material studied. Al Baha, Thee Ain Village , 143 females, 65 males and 27 larvae, breeding on leaves of Pergularia sp. , 25.ix.2020, ( BT).; 13 females and two males from leaves of Pergularia sp. , 15 females and seven males from Boerhavia diffusa , the same locality except 7.iv.2019 ; Al Baha, Shada Al-Ala Natural Reserve , four females, from grasses, 12 females from Boerhavia diffusa , 8.iv.2019 , BT.