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 Caliothrips sudanensis (Bagnall & Cameron) Hercothrips sudanensis Bagnall and Cameron, 1932: 415 . This is an Afrotropical species, described from Sudan ( Wilson 1975 ), and is recorded from South Africa , ( Wilson 1975 ), Yemen (zur Strassen 2004) and new to Saudi Arabia . It is similar to the Indian C. luckmanni in general appearance and body features and females are difficult to distinguish. However, the males have prominent distinct characters, as discussed under C. luckmanni . Material studied. Al Baha . Aqiq , Wadi Liyan , three males from beans, 23.ix.2020 , ( BT ) .