Genera of fungivorous Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera) from dead branches and leaf-litter in Australia
Mound, Laurence A.
Dang, Li-Hong
Tree, Desley J.
Zootaxa
2013
3681
3
201
224
6VJ3
Hood
Hood
[151,346,475,502]
Insecta
Phlaeothripidae
Preeriella
Animalia
Thysanoptera
15
216
Arthropoda
genus
Diagnosis.Minute, usually apterous species; head longer than wide, elevated in mid-line, prolonged in front of eyes; postocular setae usually well developed and expanded at apex; stylets usually subparallel; antennae 8- segmented, II with campaniform sensilla at the middle, III short and broad, closely joined to IV, with no sensoria; IV large, with 2 sensoria; pronotum usually with 4 major setae, midlaterals sometimes reduced, notopleural sutures incomplete; basantra weakly present; mesopraesternum reduced; no sternopleural sutures; fore tarsal tooth absent; fore wings, if developed, without duplicated cilia; pelta divided into several plates; tergites III–VII each with one pair of wing retaining setae in macroptera; tube shorter than head, anal setae usually much longer than tube; male sternite VIII without pore plate.