Eremiothrips efflatouni (Priesner)

Rasool, Iftekhar, Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Alattal, Yehya Zaki & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2021, The Anaphothrips genus-group of Thripidae (Thysanoptera) from Saudi Arabia with two new species of Eremiothrips, Journal of Natural History 55 (25 - 26), pp. 1599-1617 : 1610

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2021.1939187
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scientific name	Eremiothrips efflatouni (Priesner)
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Eremiothrips efflatouni (Priesner) View in CoL

( Figures 4 View Figures 1–6 , 24, 29 View Figures 22–31 , 33 View Figures 32–37 , 40 View Figures 38–45 )

Ascirtothrips efflatouni Priesner, 1965, p. 253 View in CoL .

Described from Egypt, this species is known from the Canary Islands, Israel and Iran ( Minaei 2012) and is here newly recorded from Saudi Arabia. It is associated primarily with Amaranthaceae View in CoL plants ( Bhatti et al. 2003), particularly with Suaeda sp. in desert climates. It is unique among Eremiothrips species in having 8-segmented antennae ( Figure 4 View Figures 1–6 ), and it also lacks pronotal posteroangular setae ( Figure 33 View Figures 32–37 ), and male sternal pore plates ( Figure 29 View Figures 22–31 ). The paired processes on tergite IX of males are toothed laterally ( Figure 24 View Figures 22–31 ).

Material examined

Saudi Arabia, Al Baha, Aqiq, Abu faisal farm, 9 females and 4 males from Suaeda aegyptiaca , 23 September 2020 (I. Rasool), Qilwah, Qilwah Ramziyah Rd . 1 male from Suaeda sp. , 25 September 2020 (I. Rasool) ( KSMA) .