Scirtothrips zuluensis Faure

Mound, Laurence A. & Stiller, Michael, 2011, Species of the genus Scirtothrips from Africa (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 2786, pp. 51-61 : 60

Scirtothrips zuluensis Faure

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Scirtothrips zuluensis Faure, 1929: 14

Described from 13 females and two males taken from Acacia leaves in Zululand, this species is remarkable for the large and variable number of setae on the second vein of the fore wing. Moreover, the metanotum seems to be more closely striate ( Fig. 23 ) than in the other species, and the abdominal terga are darker laterally than medially.

Diagnosis. Body mainly yellow, lateral thirds of terga also antennal segments II–VIII light brown; antecostal ridges of terga and sterna not dark; fore wing uniformly shaded. Ocellar setae III well developed, close together behind first ocellus; pronotum striate but striae less closely spaced than aurantii , posteromarginal setae no more than 0.3 times as long as pronotum, S2 about as long as S1; forewing second vein with 7–13 setae, cilia wavy; metanotum almost striate medially ( Fig. 23 ); terga VIII–IX with no microtrichia medially; sterna without microtrichia medially.

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 23. Scirtothrips species. (17) S. longipennis, head and pronotum. (18) S. inermis, terga V – VI. (19) S. kenyensis, pro, meso and metanota. (20) S. mangiferae, terga IV – VI. (21) S. spinosus, head and pronotum. (22) S. spinosus, metanotum. (23) S. zuluensis, meso and metanota.