A key to species of Hercinothrips, with one new species, and a neotype designation for H. trilineatus (Priesner) Author Goldaracena, Arturo 0000-0003-3722-8335 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia de Nematodos y Artrópodos de interés agrícola y forestal, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Despacho 411 - C Calle Serrano 115 Duplicado, 28006 Madrid, Spain. agoldaracena @ mncn. csic. es https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3722 - 8335 & Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Laboratory of Entomology, P. O. Box 9102, 6700 HC, Wageningen, Netherlands. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-08-01 5169 4 322 330 journal article 112020 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.2 ad450570-f420-4b5a-8ae7-e2abc181284d 1175-5326 6952443 655F79A7-497D-488F-899E-E83633F14ACC Hercinothrips pattersoni (Bagnall) Described originally from Ghana, this species is also known from Nigeria and South Africa. Specimens studied: South Africa , 2 females , one male from Haworthia bolussi (NHM) .