Faunistic inventory, identification keys and zoogeographical analysis of the Thysanoptera-Terebrantia of Saudi Arabia, including two new species Author Rasool, Iftekhar 0000-0002-8955-2340 Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. Department of Plant Protection, Chair of Engineer Abdullah Ahmad Bagshan for Bee Research, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. & irasool @ ksu. edu. sa; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8955 - 2340; irasool@ksu.edu.sa Author Alattal, Yehya Zaki Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. Department of Plant Protection, Chair of Engineer Abdullah Ahmad Bagshan for Bee Research, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. Author Aldhafer, Hathal M. 0000-0002-4911-2332 Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. Department of Plant Protection, Chair of Engineer Abdullah Ahmad Bagshan for Bee Research, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, KSA. & hdhafer @ ksu. edu. sa, http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4911 - 2332 text Zootaxa 2023 2023-06-20 5306 2 151 200 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.1 1175-5326 8058749 B368BB44-3731-4DC2-B281-C586FC692CEB Euphysothrips minozzii Bagnall Euphysothrips minozzii Bagnall, 1926b: 646 The species was first described from France and subsequently recorded from several Mediterranian countries ( Mound 2018 ) and India . It is distinguished from E. subramanii by: Longest veinal setae on fore wings with no longer than width of wing; anterior margin of pronotum with 8–10 irregularly spaced setae; metanotal CPS absent; anterior pair of CPS present on tergite IX; sternites without craspedum. In contrast E. subramanii has the fore wings with at least two distal setae rwice as long as the fore wing width; anterior margin of pronotum with around 16 setae placed equally distant from each other. CPS on metanotum present; anterior CPS on tergite IX absent ( Mound 2018 ). Material studied. Al Baha . Thee Ain Village , three females from Cenchrus echinatus , 7.iv.2019 , ( BT ) ; Almendaq , Wadi Turabah , one female from grasses, 6.iv.2019 , ( BT ) ; Baljurashi , four females , two males from grasses, 22.ix.2020 , ( BT ) .