Haplothrips maroccanus Priesner, 1950

Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki, Ansi, Amin Al & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2025, The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera) of Saudi Arabia with one new species, new records and checklist to the Arabian Peninsula species, Zootaxa 5627 (3), pp. 431-454 : 443

Haplothrips maroccanus Priesner

( Figs 62–63 )

Haplothrips maroccanus Priesner, 1950: 87

This Saharo-Arabian species was described from Morocco ( Priesner 1950), later on recorded from Iran ( Minaei & Mound 2008), and is new to the Arabian Peninsula. The species is very similar to H. salvadorae and H. leptadeniae , from which, it can be distinguished by the characters in the key.

Material examined. Al Baha. Two females from Rhus retinorrhoea, Shada Al Aala , 8.iv.2019, (BT) ; six females, two males from Salvadora persica, Nawan , 10.iv.2019, (BT). Riyadh: four females, one male from Zilla spinosa , ten females , two males from Farsetia aegyptia , 71 females, eight males, five larvae from Ochradenus baccatus, Al Oyayna , 23.i.2019, (BT); 36 females, three males, four larvae from unknown plant, 27.iii.2019, (BT).

Figures

FIGURES 60–67: Adults of Phlaeothripidae. (60–61) H. leptadeniae (60) Female (61) Male; (62–63) H. maroccanus (62) Female; (63) Male; (64–65) H. tardus (64) Female; (65) Male; (66–67) Plicothrips apicalis (66) Female; (67) Male.