Habrothrips Ananthakrishnan

Habrothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1968: 137 . Type species Habrothrips curiosus Ananthakrishnan.

The single species in this genus is widely distributed in leaf-litter between India and northern Australia, and all known specimens of both sexes are macropterae (Figs 39–40). It shares with other urothripine species the long abdominal segments IX–X and the presence of a pair of prominent setae on the metathoracic epimera, but it exhibits several unusual features. The following can probably be considered plesiomorphic: compound eyes large and globose, mid and hind tarsi 2-segmented, and fore tarsal hamus directed ventro-medially. However, the following character states are more highly derived, and are unique among urothripines: head strongly projecting in front of eyes, and abdominal tergites with a median groove bearing two pairs of leaf-like setae that are presumably wing-retaining.