Dolichothrips varipes Bagnall, 1921

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.15326228
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scientific name	Dolichothrips varipes Bagnall
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Dolichothrips varipes Bagnall View in CoL

( Figs 4 View FIGURES 2–11 , 13–14, 19 View FIGURES 12–19 , 25 View FIGURES 20–27 , 48 View FIGURES 47–50 )

Dolichothrips varipes Bagnall, 1921: 359 View in CoL .

Although this species was described from India, it is widespread in Afrotropical countries ( Cape Verde Islands, Ethiopia, Sudan) to Socotra Islands (zur Strassen 2004), and is new to Saudi Arabia. It is very close to D. zyziphi View in CoL in structural details, however, it can be separated by yellow apex of mid and hind tibiae, compared to brown in D. zyziphi ( Mound & Okajima 2015) View in CoL .

Material examined. Asir. one female from Cenchrus ciliaris , six females from Abutilon indicum, Muhayil , 20.xi.2023, (BT); Al Baha. one female from Solanum macranthum , one female from Rhus retinorrhoea, Shada Al Aala , 8.iv.2019, (BT).