Scirtothrips oligochaetus (Karny)

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

Scirtothrips oligochaetus (Karny)

Anaphothrips oligochaetus Karny, 1927: 201

The lectotype of this species is from Coimbatore, India, the species being widespread in that country and also recorded from Tanzania, Nigeria and Ethiopia ( Mound & Palmer, 1981), as well as Cape Verde Islands (zur Strassen, 1993). S. oligochaetus is particularly similar in structure to dorsalis , with the differences indicated in the key above.

Diagnosis. Body yellow, terga pale including antecostal ridge, sterna III–VI with antecostal ridge shaded; antennal segments I–II pale, V–VIII shaded; fore wings pale. Ocellar setae III situated between mid-points of posterior ocelli; pronotum closely striate, posteromarginal setae 0.3–0.4 times as long as pronotum, S2 less than 2.0 times as long as S1; fore wing second vein with 2 setae, cilia straight; metanotum transversely striate on anterior half, irregular elongate reticulation on posterior half; tergum VIII with several rows of microtrichia anteromedially, IX with numerous microtrichia posteromedially; sterna IV–VI with microtrichia covering median area except on anterior half. Male tergite IX with no drepanae.