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 Aeolothrips tenuicornis Bagnall Aeolothrips tenuicornis Bagnall, 1926: 280 This species was described from England , with one synonym from Egypt , and is widespread in Europe ( Vierbergen 2022 ), and Mediterranean countries to the Middle East (zur Strassen 2003). It is very similar to A. deserticola in structural details, from which it is distinguished based on rather stable characters (see under A. deserticola ). Material studied. All specimens were collected by Aldryhim, Y. N. & Rasool, I , except where else indicated. Riyadh . Rawdat Khuraim , 20 females , 13 males from Rhazya stricta , two males from Polypogon monspeliensis , 30.i.2019 , ( BT ) ; Al-Deri’yya, Sudus , three females from Sisymbrium irio , 19.ii.2019 , ( BT ) ; Zulfi , Rawdat Sabalah , 8 females , five males from Sonchus arvensis , 39 females , four males from Zilla spinosa , eight females , three males from Brassica sp ; 26.iii.2019 , ( BT ) ; Zulfi , one female from Carthamus tinctorius , 27.iii.2019 , ( BT ) ; Al Ghat , four females , one male from Lawsonia inermis , 27.iii.2019 , ( BT ) ; Rawdat Noorah , one female from Peganum harmala , 28.iii.2019 , ( BT ) ; Houta Sudair , eight females , two males from Capparis spinosa , 28.iii.2019 , ( BT ) .