Sophiothrips Hood

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2014, The minute, fungus-feeding species of Sophiothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) from Australia and New Zealand, Zootaxa 3860 (2), pp. 184-194 : 185

Sophiothrips Hood

Sophiothrips Hood, 1934: 425 . Type species Sophiothrips squamosus Hood by original designation.

A further four genera are currently listed as synonyms of Sophiothrips (ThripsWiki 2014) , primarily because of the remarkable structural variation that occurs within some of the species, and a full diagnosis of the genus is available in Okajima (2006) and also Dang et al. (2014).

Diagnosis. Head broader than long, setae small; mouth-cone rounded, stylets short, V-shaped, restricted to mouth-cone; antennae 8-segmented, VIII not constricted basally, III with 1 or 2 sensoria, IV with 2; pronotal setae not elongate, notopleural sutures usually complete; basantra small or absent; mesopresternum narrow or reduced; sternopleural sutures present; fore tarsal tooth present in male, present or absent in female; fore wings, if present, parallel-sided without duplicated cilia; pelta broad; tergites II–VII with 1 pair of wing-retaining setae; tube and anal setae short; male sternite VIII without pore plate.