Scirtothrips Shull 1909
Creators: name: Pal, Shash
name: Patidar, Abhishek
name: Panjaliya, Rakesh Kumar
name: Kumar, Vikas
name: Tyagi, Kaomud
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Scirtothrips

description: Key to ten species of Scirtothrips from India
(asterisk indicates species included from literature)
1. Ocellar I setae absent [tergites III–V with S1 setae wider apart than their length, male tergite IX with drepanae]... malayensis
-. Ocellar I setae present................................................................................. 2
2. Microtrichia on abdominal sternites IV–VI extend completely across median area at least on posterior half.............. 3
-. Microtrichia on abdominal sternites IV–VI restricted to lateral areas; male tergite IX with drepanae................... 7
3. Antecostal ridge on tergites dark but interrupted medially [antennae and fore wings dark, male tergite IX without drepanae]................................................................................................. hitam
-. Antecostal ridge on tergites not interrupted medially......................................................... 4
4. Abdominal tergites with pale antecostal ridge and median area [lateral microtrichial field of tergites with 4–5 discal setae, male tergite IX without drepanae].................................................................... oligochaetus
-. Abdominal tergites with dark antecostal ridge............................................................... 5
5. Abdominal tergites without dark median area, lateral microtrichial field of tergites with 4–5 discal setae; male tergite IX with drepanae....................................................................................... fulleri *
-. Abdominal tergites with dark median area, lateral microtrichial field of tergites with 3 discal setae; male tergite IX without drepanae............................................................................................ 6
6. Sternites with dark transverse antecostal ridge......................................................... dorsalis
-. Sternites without dark transverse antecostal ridge................................................... pteridicola *
7. Fore wing posteromarginal cilia either completely wavy or wavy at tips.......................................... 8
-. Fore wing posteromarginal cilia straight................................................................... 9
8. Ocellar setae III placed between fore and hind ocelli, close to fore ocelli; antecostal ridge on tergites dark; lateral microtrichial field of abdominal tergites with 3 setae; microtrichia absent on tergite IX; fore wing dark with pale apex, posteromarginal cilia wavy at tips................................................................................ quercus sp.n.
-. Ocellar setae III placed anterior to tangent between anterior margins of hind ocelli; antecostal ridge on tergites pale; lateral microtrichial field of abdominal tergites with 4 setae; microtrichia present on tergite IX; fore wing pale, posteromarginal cilia completely wavy.............................................................................. mangiferae
9. Ocellar setae III placed between the hind ocelli toward the posterior margin of hind ocelli; pronotal pmII four times longer than pmI; metanotum with reticulate sculpture, reticles with internal markings in middle, median setae far behind anterior margin; fore wing second vein with one seta; tergite IX with microtrichia medially................................ bispinosus
-. Ocellar III placed anterior to hind ocelli, just at the line of anterior margin of hind ocelli; pronotal pmII......... three times longer than pmI; metanotum with reticulate sculpture, reticles without internal markings; median setae at anterior margin; fore wing second vein with 3 setae; tergite IX without microtrichia medially................................... kenyensis
description: Published as part of Pal, Shash, Patidar, Abhishek, Panjaliya, Rakesh Kumar, Kumar, Vikas & Tyagi, Kaomud, 2023, Species of the genus Scirtothrips from India (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), pp. 392-396 in Zootaxa 5306 (3) on pages 392-393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/8063100