Species of the Genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Afro-tropical Region Author Mound, Laurence A. text Zootaxa 2010 2423 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.194532 b6eb43ed-05b0-490f-aa3d-2e1b27319ec3 1175-5326 194532 Thrips bourbonensis Bournier Thrips bourbonensis Bournier, 2000 : 94 In describing this species from La Réunion , the author made no formal attempt to distinguish it from the species Thrips candidus that he had described previously from that territory. The only distinction was given in a table of character states: in this the comb on tergite VIII of candidus was stated to be “complete but irregular” in contrast to “complete and regular” in bourbonensis . Paratype females of these two have been compared, and there is no significant difference between them in this comb ( Figs 7–8 ), nor in any aspect of the chaetotaxy or sculpture, including the metanotum ( Figs 4–5 ). The difference in body colour is possibly due to the specimens of candidus having been kept in ethanol for a long time before slide mounting.