Araliacothrips gen.n.

Macropterous, body slender, dark brown, with strongly reticulate surface. Antennae 8-segmented, III and IV with long apical neck (Figs. 5, 7), III and IV each with sense cone long and forked, IV with one simple sense cone laterally (Fig. 5); segment VI constricted at base, VIII much longer than VII. Head completely reticulate, sculpture on dorsal surface not raised; slightly longer than wide, cheeks parallel, constricted behind eyes and at basal neck; compound eyes with 6 weakly pigmented facets; occipital region without apodeme or collar; ocellar setae pair I present, pair III on anterolateral margins of ocellar triangle; maxillary palps 2-segmented. Pronotum reticulate, with convex posterior margin, setae small and equal in length (Fig. 9). Mesoscutum with short posteromedian cleft; metascutum reticulate without median strong triangle, median pair of setae far from anterior margin, campaniform sensilla present (Fig. 13); metathoracic endofurca simple and not sinuate, with short Y-shaped arms (Fig. 15). Femora and tibiae reticulate, tarsi 1-segmented. Fore wing with apex acute and posterior fringe cilia wavy, first vein with setal row widely interrupted, second vein with scattered setae (Fig. 6). Abdominal tergites reticulate, tergal median setae small; posterior margin of tergite I with dentate craspedum (Fig. 10); lateral thirds of tergites with reticles; tergite II not constricted and without strong microtrichia (Fig. 11); tergites III–VIII with arched antecostal ridge, median tergal setae small and well separated from each other, sub-median setae slightly curved or sigmoid (Figs 12, 14); both tergites and sternites with broad craspedum on segments II–VIII; tergite VIII with posteromarginal comb present laterally (Fig. 14); tergite X symmetric, with median split complete; setae on tergite IX longer than tergite X (Fig. 14); sternites with setae small. Male sternites IV–VII with transverse pore plate anterior to antecostal ridge (Fig. 4); tergite IX with paired thorn-like setae (Fig. 3).

Type species Araliacothrips daweishanensis sp.n.