Key to species of Stictothrips

(leopardinus not examined)

1. Body brown (Fig. 14).................................................................................. 2

-. Body bicoloured (Figs 1, 6, 13).......................................................................... 3

2. Antennal segment VIII broadly joined to VII; notopleural sutures complete.................................. aoristus

-. Antennal segment VIII lanceolate (Fig. 18); notopleural sutures incomplete................................ maculatus

3. Post ocular setae developed but not extending beyond hind margin of eye (Fig. 15); notopleural sutures complete; sternite VIII of male with pair of round pore plates (Fig. 16)........................................................... farsi

-. Post ocular setae not developed; notopleural sutures incomplete; sternite VIII of male with one median pore plate (Fig. 12). 4

4. Head with maxillary stylets about 50% of head width apart (Fig. 17); fore tarsal tooth not developed in either sex (Fig. 17)................................................................................................ namadji

-. Head with maxillary stylets close together medially (Figs 2, 15, 19); fore tarsal tooth developed in both sexes (Figs 2, 9, 10, 19)................................................................................................. 5

5. Antennal segment VII as uniformly brown as VI and VIII (Fig. 7); tube uniformly brown (Fig. 4)............ denaeus sp.n.

-. Antennal segment VII sharply paler than VI and VIII (Fig. 20); tube brown only on distal half (Fig. 21)................. 6

6. Head with cheeks strongly convex and swollen (Fig. 19); antennal segment III at least 2.5 times as long as wide (Fig. 20).................................................................................................. faurei

-. Head with genae not swollen but weakly convex (cf. Fig. 15); antennal segment III about 2.0 times as long as wide................................................................................................... leopardinus