Ozothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2021, Tubuliferous Thysanoptera inAustralia with an enlarged tenth abdominal segment (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), including six new species, Zootaxa 4951 (1), pp. 167-181 : 174

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.1.9
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C69BBA9F-961B-4369-8FB1-1EBCC1EB130A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4655926
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scientific name	Ozothrips Mound & Palmer
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Ozothrips Mound & Palmer View in CoL

Ozothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983: 24 View in CoL .

Type species O. priscus Mound & Palmer. View in CoL

This genus is distinguished from Acallurothrips View in CoL 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 View in CoL and Ozothrips View in CoL share many character states with various species placed in the widespread tropical genus Neosmerinthothrips ( Mound & Palmer 1983) View in CoL that is here newly reported from northern Australia. However, Ozothrips View in CoL is currently considered more closely related to Pygothrips View in CoL because of the position of the maxillary stylets less than one-third of the head width apart, rather than wide apart.