Retithrips syriacus (Mayet)

Lima, Élison Fabrício B., O’Donnell, Cheryle A., Sousa, Yago Lucas C. & Zamar, María Inés, 2021, Identification of second instar larvae of Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera Thripidae) in Brazil and Argentina, Zootaxa 5047 (4), pp. 453-464 : 459

Retithrips syriacus (Mayet)

( Fig. 4, 34, 41)

Head and pronotum golden brown with brown spots laterally; meso- and metanotum and abdominal segments I–V pale with red internal pigment; abdominal segment I with red internal pigment with a pair of white spots on lateral thirds; segments II–V with red internal pigment; segment VI pale; segments VII–X orange ( Fig. 4). Antennal segment III with setae shorter than the length of the segment. Dorsal setae with acute apex. Pronotum with no sclerotized blotch. Abdominal tergite II with spiracles; segment X with 16–18 anal setae about 2x longer than the length of the segment ( Fig. 41). Spiracles with no or one pore on facets ( Fig. 34). Individuals are available from Brazil from the states of São Paulo, Espírito Santo and Piauí from roses, Terminalia cattapa , grapes and Jatropha curcas (CHNUFPI) .