Hood 1952 : 147 Arorathrips nigriceps (Hood) Mound and Marullo 1996 : 94 Review of Chirothrips and related genera (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the Americas, with descriptions of one new genus and four new species Nakahara, Sueo Foottit, Robert G. Zootaxa 2012 3251 1 29 67SSX Hood Hood [151,490,403,428] Insecta Thripidae Arorathrips Animalia Thysanoptera 8 9 Arthropoda species nigriceps     Chirothrips nigriceps  Hood 1952: 147.    Arorathrips nigriceps(Hood);  Mound and Marullo 1996: 94.   Distribution: Brazil.   Comments: This species is known only from the holotypeand one female paratype. Antennal segment II is strongly angulate with rather straight anterior margin and resembles those of some  Chirothripsspecies. The invaginations of the mesosternal furca are barely separated by about 7 µm. Abdominal sternites have tuberculate scallops and low lobes on posterior margin. The head is brown, pronotum is yellow with a medial pale brown longitudinal area, pterothorax is shaded light brown, abdomen and legs are yellow, and fore wing is light brown with pale base.