Nesothrips Kirkaldy

Dang, Li-Hong & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2013, Review of the spore-feeding Idolothripinae from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), ZooKeys 345, pp. 1-28 : 20-22

Nesothrips Kirkaldy

Remarks.

There are 28 species listed in this genus, of which three are recorded from China: Nesothrips brevicollis , Nesothrips lativentris and Nesothrips peltatus . A further species, Nesothrips atropoda Duan et al. (1998) from Henan Province, was treated by Dang et al. (2013) as a synonym of the widespread Asian species Nesothrips brevicollis .

Diagnosis.

Head various, usually wider than long; eyes normal, sometimes prolonged ventrally; 1 pair of postoculars well-developed, sometimes postocellar setae elongate; stylets V-shaped; antennae 8-segmented, segment III with 2 sensoria, IV with 4; pronotal major setae pointed or slightly blunt, notopleural sutures complete; basantra present; mesopraesternum developed; metathoracic sternopleural sutures present; fore wings, if well developed, with duplicated cilia; fore tarsal tooth present in male, absent in female; pelta broadly hat-shaped; abdominal tergites II–VII each with 1 pair of sigmoid wing-retaining setae in macroptera; tube smooth without lateral setae; anal setae usually slightly shorter than tube.

Key to Nesothrips species from China