Cephalothrips Uzel, 1895

Alavi, Jalil & Minaei, Kambiz, 2021, Cephalothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Iran with two new species and key to species, Zootaxa 4942 (1), pp. 127-134 : 129

Cephalothrips Uzel

This genus was described by Uzel (1895) for the widespread species, Phloeothrips monilicornis Reuter , and currently includes one species from Holarctic ( C. monilicornis ), two from Africa ( C. fuscus and C. albostriatus ), one from Cuba ( C. merrilli ), one from China ( C. brachychaitus ), one from western USA ( C. hesperus ), one from Europe, Morocco and Iran ( C. coxalis ), and one from Central Asia ( C. longicapitus ). So far, two species C. monilicornis and C. coxalis have been reported from Iran ( Alavi & Kamali 2003; Bhatti et al. 2009). The members of this genus share the following character states:

Macroptera or aptera: Body very slender, head elongate, longer than wide and longer than prothorax; dorsal surface of head smooth to faintly transversely striate along lateral margins and base, cheeks smooth to barely serrate; eyes moderately large, oval; po setae short, not extending beyond hind margin of eyes; ocelli present in macropterae, absent in apterae; maxillary bridge not present; mouth cone short, broadly rounded at apex. Antennae 8-segmented; segment III with 1, IV with 2 sense cones. Prosternal basantra absent; mesopresternum eroded medially, reduced to two small lateral triangles; sternopleural sutures present. Fore tarsi with a tooth, all tarsi with a recurved ventral hamus at outer distal margin; femora with long ventral setae. Metanotum smooth medially. Wings absent or fully developed, if present not narrowed at middle and fore wings without duplicated cilia. Pelta D-shaped, faintly reticulate; abdominal tergites without sigmoid wing-retaining setae; tube moderate in size, anal setae shorter than tube.