Phaulothrips
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Ordo: Thysanoptera
Familia: Phlaeothripidae
Name
Phaulothrips Hood – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Remarks
There are 20 species listed in the genus, of which 16 are known only from Australia. Phaulothrips solifer, described from Taiwan, is the only member of the genus known from China. A paratype female and male on loan from Japan have been studied here.
Diagnosis
Head much longer than broad; eyes normal, sometimes prolonged dorsally; 1 pair of postoculars well developed, close together, anterocellar setae usually elongate; cheeks with 1 pair of stout setae just behind eye; stylets long, close together medially; antennae 8-segmented, segments III–IV each with 2 sensoria; pronotal major setae pointed or slightly blunt, notopleural sutures complete; basantra present; mesopraesternum developed; metathoracic sternopleural sutures present; fore wings, if well-developed, with duplicated cilia; fore tarsal tooth present in both sexes; pelta broad, with two slender lateral lobes; abdominal tergites II–VII each with 1 pair of sigmoid wing-retaining setae in macroptera; tube smooth without lateral setae; anal setae shorter than tube.
