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 orientalis (Bagnall) Isoneurothrips orientalis Bagnall, 1915 : 593 Thrips hispidipennis Hood, 1932 : 122 This common Asian species has been recorded from Africa only rarely, the synonym having been described from Tanzania . It is found usually in the perfumed white flowers of Jasminum and Gardenia . Diagnosis . Body and legs brown; tarsi and antennal III and base of IV yellow; forewings uniformly brown. Antennae 7-segmented, III and IV elongate with apex constricted, VII small. Ocellar setae III small, on anterior margins of triangle; postocular setae pair II minute. Pronotum with 2 pairs of long posteroangular setae. Metanotum with equiangular reticles, usually with distinctive internal markings ( Fig. 35 ); median setae long, arising well behind anterior margin; campaniform sensilla absent. Forewing first vein with 8 or more setae on distal half, row sometimes complete; clavus with subapical seta longer than the apical seta. Tergites with no sculpture near campaniform sensilla; VIII with comb absent medially, several small microtrichia laterally ( Fig. 36 ); pleurotergites without discal setae. Sternal discal setae variable, sometimes absent but III–VI usually with 2–6 discal setae placed laterally.