The Thripidae subfamily Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera) from Saudi Arabia with a new species of Hydatothrips Karny Author Rasool, Iftekhar 0000-0002-8955-2340 irasool @ ksu. edu. sa; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8955 - 2340 irasool@ksu.edu.sa Author Soliman, Ahmed M. ammsoliman@gmail.com Author Alattal, Yehya Zaki 0000-0002-8164-7636 yalattal @ KSU. EDU. SA; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8164 - 7636 Author Al Dhafer, Hathal M. hdhafer @ ksu. edu. sa; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4911 - 2332 hdhafer@ksu.edu.sa text Zootaxa 2021 2021-01-13 4908 1 29 40 journal article 8857 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.1.2 dca94007-2ae6-4e2c-b937-439e79a71a9a 1175-5326 4435706 8481BD48-D4DB-48D4-A308-561AF6599977 Neohydatothrips samayunkur (Kudô) ( Figs 25–31 , 38 ) Hydatothrips (Neohydatothrips) samayunkur Kudô, 1995: 169 First described from Japan this species is wide spread around the world in Asia, Africa, Central and South America and Australia ( Mound & Tree 2009 ). It is commonly known as marigold thrips due to its strong association with leaves and flowers of marigold ( Tagetes sp.) for breeding and feeding ( Nakahara 1999 ; Lima & Mound 2016a ). N. samayunkur is very similar to N. hemileucus (Hood) in general appearance and body features, but can be distinguished by the dark brown pronotal blotch as compared to the yellow blotch in hemileucus ( Lima & Mound 2016a ) . Material studied. SAUDI ARABIA , Al Baha , Al Makhwa , Shada Al Ala Natural Reserve , 91 females , from Tagetes minuta , 8.iv.2019 , ( 19°50.575’N 41°18.691’E Alt. 1666 m ), BT; Shada Al Ala Natural Reserve , 2 females from Solanum macranthum , 1 female from T. minuta , 8.iv.2019 , ( 19°50.411’N 41°18.686’E Alt, 1611 m ), BT; Al Baha , Raghadan park, 11 females and 2 larvae from T. minuta , 22.ix.2020 , ( 20°01.079’N 41°27.084’E Alt. 2168 m ), BT, ( Rasool, I. ) ( KSMA ).