Aeolothrips Haliday

Alavi, Jalil, Awal, Mehdi Modarres, Fekrat, Lida, Minaei, Kambiz & Manzari, Shahab, 2015, The Holarctic genus Aeolothrips (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) from Iran, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 3972 (1), pp. 93-100 : 94

Genus Aeolothrips Haliday

Aeolothrips Haliday 1836: 451 . Type species: Aeolothrips (Aeolothrips) albicinctus Haliday by monotypy.

Antennae nine-segmented, segments III & IV cylindrical, each with one linear sensory area, antennal segments V– IX connate. Head with ocelli present in both sexes; maxillary palps three-segmented; labial palps four-segmented. Pronotum without large setae; Mesonotum with one pair of median setae; legs slender, fore femora somewhat enlarged in both sexes; second segment of fore tarsi with large, finger-like re-curved hook attached at base and present in both sexes. Wings present or absent; when present, broad and rounded at tip; fore wings with two median longitudinal veins reaching the tip, and a few cross veins; with transverse or longitudinal dark bands, or combinations thereof. Sternites II–VI with no discal setae, sternite VII with 2 pairs of accessory setae submedially between marginal setae S1 and S2, with no discal setae laterally. Ovipositor large and upturned. Males abdominal tergite I divided into three parts by with two longitudinal thickenings which form distinct lines; tergites IV–VI with or without paired projections at posterior margin; tergite IX with or without claspers ( Bailey 1951, Mound & Marullo 1998).