Haplothrips leptadeniae Priesner, 1936

Haplothrips leptadeniae Priesner View in CoL

( Figs 33 View FIGURES 28–34 , 60–61 View FIGURES 60–67 )

Haplothrips leptadeniae Priesner, 1936: 92 View in CoL

This Saharo-Arabian species was described from Sudan, and is also known from Egypt. In Arabian Peninsula, it is known from Saudi Arabia, Yemen (zur Strassen 1979, 90), and United Arab Emirates (zur Strassen & van Harten 2008). The species breeds on flowers of Leptadenia pyrotechnica View in CoL ( Apocynaceae View in CoL ). It is among the members of subgenus Haplothrips View in CoL with only one sense cone on antennal segment III. The species is close to H. maroccanus View in CoL in structural details, but can be distinguished by the presence of well-developed fore tarsal tooth in both sexes, compared absence of tarsal tooth in females, and very minute in males of H. maroccanus View in CoL .

Material examined. Riyadh. four females from Leptadenia pyrotechnica, Al Muzahamiya , 2. x.2019, (BT) ; 19 females, six males, five larvae from Leptadenia sp. , Al Aflaj, 14.iv.2019, (BT).