Noathrips Bhatti, 1967

Noathrips Bhatti, 1967: 9. Type species Noathrips prakashi Bhatti, 1967 by monotypy.

Notes.

The genus was erected with the type species prakashi, collected on herbage and Lantana leaves from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (Bhatti 1967). Later, this species was collected in Sri Lanka and China ( Kudô 1979; Xie et al. 2019).

Diagnosis.

Antennae 8-segmented, III and IV with forked sense cones. Head without conspicuous raised structure, postocular seta 4 strongly developed, ocellar hump small; maxillary palps bi-segmented. Pronotum with weakly raised sculpture. Mesoscutum not notched anteriorly; metascutum with prominent reticulate triangle. Tarsi 1-segmented. Fore wing with slender pointed setae; costal setae longer than fringe cilia; posteromarginal setae wavy. Abdominal tergite I with a postmarginal flange; II anterior margin constricted, with narrow plate like cuticular processes laterally; III–VII with transverse reticulations on anterior half, posterior half smooth; X asymmetrical, divided longitudinally. Males smaller; sternites IV–VII each with transversely elongated anteriorly concave pore plates.