The minute, fungus-feeding species of Sophiothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) from Australia and New Zealand Author Mound, Laurence A. Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601. E-mail: laurence. mound @ csiro. au Author Tree, Desley J. Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection (QDPC), Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Qld, 4001. E-mail: Desley. Tree @ daff. qld. gov. au text Zootaxa 2014 2014-09-04 3860 2 184 194 journal article 4850 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.2.5 e3c4deca-19c7-45f4-ac19-b6e709b0de9c 1175-5326 4930179 692BD0FD-958D-40E9-84D3-6EA2722C6361 Sophiothrips Hood Sophiothrips Hood, 1934: 425 . Type species Sophiothrips squamosus Hood by original designation. A further four genera are currently listed as synonyms of Sophiothrips (ThripsWiki 2014) , primarily because of the remarkable structural variation that occurs within some of the species, and a full diagnosis of the genus is available in Okajima (2006) and also Dang et al. (2014) . Diagnosis. Head broader than long, setae small; mouth-cone rounded, stylets short, V-shaped, restricted to mouth-cone; antennae 8-segmented, VIII not constricted basally, III with 1 or 2 sensoria, IV with 2; pronotal setae not elongate, notopleural sutures usually complete; basantra small or absent; mesopresternum narrow or reduced; sternopleural sutures present; fore tarsal tooth present in male, present or absent in female; fore wings, if present, parallel-sided without duplicated cilia; pelta broad; tergites II–VII with 1 pair of wing-retaining setae; tube and anal setae short; male sternite VIII without pore plate.