Phibalothrips Hood, 1918

Wang, Zhaohong, Mound, Laurence, Mao, Runqian & Tong, Xiaoli, 2022, Two new synonyms among Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with three species newly recorded from China, Zootaxa 5190 (2), pp. 275-285 : 281

Genus Phibalothrips Hood

Four species are listed in this genus, all grass-living and all from the Old World (ThripsWiki 2022). Members of the genus are distinguished amongst Panchaetothripinae by their 7-segmented antennae with simple sense cones on segments III and IV, and the lack of cilia on the anterior margin of the fore wings.