Rhipidothrips, Uzel, 1895

Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2023, Faunistic inventory, identification keys and zoogeographical analysis of the Thysanoptera-Terebrantia of Saudi Arabia, including two new species, Zootaxa 5306 (2), pp. 151-200 : 159

Key to species of Rhipidothrips from Saudi Arabia

1. Mid and hind tibia yellow at apex, femora yellow at base; tarsi of all legs yellow; fore wing pale with shaded posterior margin; head with 4–6 stout setae behind eyes in addition to fine setae; ocellar setae arising outside the ocellar triangle below the level of anterior ocelli............................................................................... brunneus

- Mid and hindlegs equally brown including tarsi; fore wing uniformly grey to light brown; head with numerous fine setae behind the eyes; ocellar setae arising inside the ocellar triangle ahead of posterior ocelli............................. unicolor