Eremiothrips similis Bhatti, 1988

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 : 1611

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2021.1939187
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scientific name	Eremiothrips similis Bhatti
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Eremiothrips similis Bhatti View in CoL

( Figures 5 View Figures 1–6 , 25, 30 View Figures 22–31 , 34 View Figures 32–37 , 41–43 View Figures 38–45 )

Eremiothrips similis Bhatti, 1988, p. 120 View in CoL

This species was described from Iraq based on few specimens ( Bhatti 1988) but was collected subsequently in Iran ( Minaei 2012). In the absence of special processes on tergite IX the males are similar to those of E. bhattii View in CoL , E. manolachei View in CoL and E. farsi View in CoL , but they differ by having pore plates on sternites VI–VII ( Figure 30 View Figures 22–31 ). In contrast, pore plates are present on sternites III–VII in E. bhatti View in CoL , and IV–VII in E. farsi ( Minaei 2012) View in CoL and E. manolachei ( Bhatti 1988) View in CoL .

Wing polymorphism among Eremiothrips species is known only in E. negevi ( Ben-David 2017) , but at two localities in Saudi Arabia we found a micropterous male ( Figure 43 View Figures 38–45 ) together with macropterae of E. similis . These two males agree with all distinguishing features of E. similis , particularly in lacking paired processes on tergite IX and in the presence of pore plates on sternites VI–VII ( Figure 30 View Figures 22–31 ).

Measurements (male microptera). Body length 700. Head length 75, width 120; ocellar setae III 12. Pronotum length 75, width 125; posteroangular setae 22. Fore wing length 120. Antennal segments I–IX length: 12, 25, 30, 25, 25, 25, 12, 10, 10.

Material examined

(All macropterae in KSMA except where indicated). Saudi Arabia. Riyadh, Dirab, King Saudi University Educational Farm , 36 females 5 males, 1 microptera from leaves of Suaeda aegyptiaca , 2 June 2020 (I. Rasool) . Same locality: 69 females and 15 males on leaves of Tribulus terrestris , 9 June 2020 . Same locality: 10 females and 4 males from leaves of Polygonum sp ., 5 females from grasses, 28 June 2020 (A. Soliman). Riyadh, Al-Deri’yya, Salih farm, 9 females and 1 male microptera from Chenopodium album , 7 December 2020 (I. Rasool and M. Habib) .