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 palmi Karny Thrips palmi Karny, 1925a : 10 This worldwide tropical pest, the melon thrips , has been described from parts of Asia under five other names ( Mound, 2010 ). There are few published records from Africa, but it has been reported from Côte d’Ivoire ( Bournier, 2002 ), and from La Réunion ( Bournier, 2000 ). It is very similar to the African species T. pusillus , but that usually has dark markings on the tergites, and ocellar setae III closer together behind the fore ocellus. Diagnosis . Body and legs yellow, major setae shaded; antennal segments IV–V yellow but brown distally, VI–VII brown; forewings pale. Antennae 7-segmented. Ocellar setae III small, just outside ocellar triangle. Pronotum with 2 pairs of long posteroangular setae, discal setae well-developed. Metanotal sculpture lines converging to posterior margin, but transverse and curving at anterior ( Fig. 37 ); median setae arising behind anterior margin; campaniform sensilla present. Forewing first vein with 3 (or 2) setae on distal half. Tergite VIII with complete comb, microtrichia long and slender; pleurotergites and sternites without discal setae, sternal marginal setae almost as long as sternites.