Dolichothrips varipes Bagnall, 1921: 359

Mound, Laurence A. & Okajima, Shûji, 2015, Taxonomic studies on Dolichothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae), pollinators of Macaranga trees in Southeast Asia (Euphorbiaceae), Zootaxa 3956 (1), pp. 79-96 : 94

Dolichothrips varipes Bagnall, 1921: 359 .

Described from an unspecified number of individuals collected by Ramakrishna in India, this species has been reported subsequently from Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and Cape Verde Islands ( zur Strassen 1992). Syntypes of both sexes have been studied together with the recorded specimens from Sudan and Cape Verde Islands. The host association is uncertain, but this thrips has been recorded, together with larvae, from Abutilon (Malvaceae) and from Grewia (Tiliaceae) . The mesonotal lateral setae are capitate and about 40 microns long, tergites II–VII each have an extra pair of curved setae anterior to the first pair of sigmoid wing-retaining setae, and tergite IX setae S2 of males are acute and about 15 microns long and considerably shorter than the iS setae. The yellow area at the apex of the mid and hind tibiae varies from as long as the width of a tibia to at least twice as long as this width.