Hoodothrips Bondar

Currently, this genus comprises three species, of which brevipilus is not recorded but likely present in northern states, close to its type locality. Mound (1970) placed one of these in Hoodothripoides due to the presence of 8segmented antennae, but Mound and Marullo (1996) considered there was little advantage in distinguishing this monotypic genus in view of the many characters shared with the other two species. Thus, members of this genus have the antennae 6- or 8-segmented, with segments III and IV each having a long basal stem and a forked sense cone (Figs 45, 46). Abdominal tergite II has numerous recurved microtrichia anterolaterally, and the setae on the fore wing veins are fusiform (Figs 88, 89). The known distribution of Hoodothrips species is disjunct in Brazil, with H. constrictus northward and H. lineatus southward (see Fig. 1).