Scirtothrips oligochaetus (Karny)

Anaphothrips oligochaetus Karny, 1927: 201

The lectotype of this species is from Coimbatore, India, the species being widespread in that country and also recorded from Tanzania, Nigeria and Ethiopia (Mound & Palmer, 1981), as well as Cape Verde Islands (zur Strassen, 1993). S. oligochaetus is particularly similar in structure to dorsalis, with the differences indicated in the key above.

Diagnosis. Body yellow, terga pale including antecostal ridge, sterna III–VI with antecostal ridge shaded; antennal segments I–II pale, V–VIII shaded; fore wings pale. Ocellar setae III situated between mid-points of posterior ocelli; pronotum closely striate, posteromarginal setae 0.3–0.4 times as long as pronotum, S2 less than 2.0 times as long as S1; fore wing second vein with 2 setae, cilia straight; metanotum transversely striate on anterior half, irregular elongate reticulation on posterior half; tergum VIII with several rows of microtrichia anteromedially, IX with numerous microtrichia posteromedially; sterna IV–VI with microtrichia covering median area except on anterior half. Male tergite IX with no drepanae.