Ozothrips Mound & Palmer

Ozothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983: 24 .

Type species O. priscus Mound & Palmer.

This genus is distinguished from Acallurothrips by the more closely approximated maxillary stylets, the presence of fore wing duplicated cilia, the presence of a well-developed mesopresternum, the tapering and almost straight margins of the tube, and the complete fusion of antennal segments VII and VIII. The species of both Acallurothrips and Ozothrips share many character states with various species placed in the widespread tropical genus Neosmerinthothrips (Mound & Palmer 1983) that is here newly reported from northern Australia. However, Ozothrips is currently considered more closely related to Pygothrips because of the position of the maxillary stylets less than one-third of the head width apart, rather than wide apart.