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 B368BB44-3731-4DC2-B281-C586FC692CEB Key to species of Scolothrips from Saudi Arabia 1. Pronotum with one pair of posteromesad discal setae......................................................... 2 - Pronotum without pair of posteromesad discal setae.......................................................... 4 2. Body entirely yellow; fore wings entirely pale, without dark bands..................................... tenuipennis - Pronotum, pterothorax and abdomen shaded brown; fore wings with two dark bands............................... 3 3. Fore wing dark bands not extending to costal margin; tergites II–IV shaded medially but never reaching to lateral areas.............................................................................................. sexmaculatus - Fore wing dark bands extending to costal margin; tergites II–VII entirely shaded........................ Scolothrips sp. 4. Head, pterothorax and abdominal tergites uniformly shaded with grey marking; antennal segments I–II light brown.................................................................................................... latipennis - Body entirely yellow, without any trace of grey or brown marking; antennal segments I–II pale............... longicornis