Gigantothrips nigripes Karny, 1924

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 : 436

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15352148
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scientific name	Gigantothrips nigripes Karny
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Gigantothrips nigripes Karny View in CoL

( Figs 2 View FIGURES 2–11 , 15 View FIGURES 12–19 , 22, 26 View FIGURES 20–27 , 49 View FIGURES 47–50 )

Gigantothrips nigripes Karny, 1924: 34 View in CoL

This African species was described from East Africa ( Karny 1924). In Saudi Arabia, it was found breeding and inducing leaf galls on the leaves of Ficus sycomorus View in CoL ( Figs 35–37 View FIGURES 35–37 ). Colonies of larvae were collected from the underside of leaves being safeguarded by adults. Both sexes of this species are unicolourous black, except antennal segments III–VI pale yellow, VI brown at apex; all major setae dark. This species is very similar to G. marshalli View in CoL , but can be distinguished by shorter posteroangular setae than epimeral setae, compared to posteroangular setae as long as epimeral setae in G. marshalli ( Mound 2012) View in CoL .

Material examined. Al Baha. 22 females, 13 males, and 50 larvae, breeding on leaves of Ficus sycomorus, Al Makhwa, Thee Ain Village , 7.iv.2019, (BT).