Aeolothrips Haliday, 1836

Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2023, Faunistic inventory, identification keys and zoogeographical analysis of the Thysanoptera-Terebrantia of Saudi Arabia, including two new species, Zootaxa 5306 (2), pp. 151-200 : 156

Aeolothrips Haliday

This holarctic genus is the most species rich in the family Aeolothripidae , including about 112 species worldwide (ThripsWiki 2023). Members of the genus can be distinguished from other genera of the family by this combination of characters: antennal segment III about two times longer than II; antennal segments V–IX joined closely; sensorium longitudinally linear along the segment; maxillary palps 3-segmented, labial palp 4-segmented; fore wings usually banded abdominal sternites without discal setae.