Species of the Genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Afro-tropical Region
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2423
1
24
journal article
48353
10.5281/zenodo.194532
b6eb43ed-05b0-490f-aa3d-2e1b27319ec3
1175-5326
194532
Thrips abyssiniae
(Moulton)
Taeniothrips abyssiniae
Moulton 1928
: 229
Known only from two females collected in
Ethiopia
, this is the only species with 8-segmented antennae considered here that has pleurotergal discal setae as well as sternal discal setae.
Diagnosis
. Body dark brown, forewing dark with paler sub-basal area. Antennae 8-segmented. Ocellar III short, outside the ocellar triangle. Pronotum with some transverse lines, about 20 strong discal setae; posteroangular setae long, about 60% as long as pronotum. Metanotal sculpture transverse at anterior but almost striate near posterior, median setae near anterior margin; campaniform sensilla present. Forewing first vein with 4–5 distal setae. Abdominal tergite I fully reticulate, II–IV with no lines reaching campaniform sensilla or setae S1; tergite VIII comb long, complete but irregular; pleurotergites with several discal setae; sternites V–VII with about 15 discal setae in irregular transverse row, almost two rows laterally.