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.