Paithrips Nonaka & Jangvitaya, 1994

Wang, Zhaohong, Zhao, Chao, Chen, Junyu & Tong, Xiaoli, 2016, Two newly recorded genera and a new species of Thripinae from China (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zoological Systematics 41 (3), pp. 253-260 : 258

3.3 Paithrips Nonaka & Jangvitaya, 1994 New record to China

Paithrips Nonaka & Jangvitaya, 1994: 46 . Type species: Paithrips circularis Nonaka & Jangvitaya, 1994 .

Diagnosis. Female. Head wider than long; ocellar setae 2 pairs, setae I absent, setae III usually close to posterior margin of hind ocelli. Maxillary palps 3-segmented. Antennae 8-segmented, segment I with 2 dorso-apical setae, segments III and IV with forked sensoria. Pronotum weakly trapezoidal, dorsal surface distinctly sculptured with transverse lines, with some small circles posterior third; posteroangular setae 2 pairs. Meso- and metanotum without CPS. Mesofurca with spinula, metafurca without spinula. Fore wing fully developed. Tarsi 2-segmented. Abdominal tergites without ctenidia and posteromarginal craspeda; posteromarginal comb absent on tergite VIII; tergite X without median slit; sternites without posteromarginal craspeda and discal setae; sternites II–VII with 3 pairs of posteromarginal setae.

Male. Similar to female. Sternites III–VIII each with some scattered small pore plates.