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Haplothrips aculeatus (Fabricius) 



Thrips aculeatus Fabricius, 1803 : 312. 

 Haplothrips cephalotes Bagnall, 1913J : 265-266. 



Syntypes <$<$ and $$ of cephalotes. England : Weston-on-the-Green, in sedge 

 stacks, viii.1913 (R.S.B.). 



Haplothrips apicalis (Bagnall) 



Hindsiana apicalis Bagnall, 1915a : 323. 



Pelikan (1963) in describing a new species cingulatits, referred apicalis to the 

 subgenus Trybomiella. Both of these species have a single sense cone on antennal 

 III however and are not closely related to bagnalli Trybom. The present author 

 has not examined macropterous specimens of apicalis, but the three basal wing setae 

 on the micropterous forms available all have expanded apices. The maxillary 

 bridge is long and slender and all the prothoracic major setae are developed. 



LECTOTYPE $. [India : Almora, Kumaon, 5,500 ft., jungle plant, 4.VU.1911 

 {0. Paiva)]. 



Haplothrips articulosus Bagnall 

 (Text-fig. 42) 



Haplothrips articulosus Bagnall, 1926c! : 548-549. 

 Haplothrips trybomianus Priesner, 1927b : 70. Syn. n. 

 Haplothrips {Trybomiella) derisor Priesner, 1935b : 324. Syn. n. 



The male and female syntypes of trybomianus (= bagnalli var. pallicornis Trybom, 

 191 1) from Mombasa, Kenya have been compared with the type series of derisor from 

 Sierra Leone and numerous specimens from Nigeria, Ghana, Tanganyika, Malawi 

 and the Congo. Midlateral prothoracic setae are present as in tertius and these two 

 species are very closely related. In articulosus the aedeagus tip is pincers-shaped 

 whereas in tertius it is spoon-shaped. Both species are commonly found in flowers 

 of Compositae. 



Holotype $. Tanganyika : Morogoro, Sunflower blossom, 9x1925 (A. H. 

 Ritchie) . 



Syntypes J & $ of trybomianus. Kenya : Mombasa, scarlet Acacia flowers, 

 21.xii.1910 (Lonnberg). Riksmuseum, Stockholm. 



Holotype $ of derisor. Sierra Leone : Erigeron sumatrensis leaves (E. 

 Har greaves) . 



Haplothrips dolichothripoides Bagnall 



Haplothrips (Trybomiella) dolichothripoides Bagnall, 1933a : 315-317. 



Priesner (1950 : 93) indicated that this species might be a synonym of clarisetis 

 Priesner. However the unique male and female both have softly pointed postocular 



