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).