Opimothrips Nonaka & Okajima, 1992

Rachana, Remani R., Mound, Laurence A. & Rayar, Shashikant G., 2019, Tryphactothripini of India (Thysanoptera, Thripidae, Panchaetothripinae), with identification keys and a new record of Opimothrips, ZooKeys 884, pp. 43-52 : 43

Opimothrips Nonaka & Okajima, 1992

Opimothrips Nonaka and Okajima 1992: 106. Type species: Opimothrips tubulatus Nonaka & Okajima, 1992 by monotypy.

Notes.

The reports of O. tubulatus from Thailand and China are from grass, and hence Xie et al. (2019) reported the species as being associated with grasses. However, the present specimens have been collected from an unidentified weed.

Diagnosis.

Antennae 8-segmented, III and IV with thin, Y-shaped sense cones with the arms curving around the segment. Head polygonally reticulate, cheeks constricted at base; maxillary palps bi-segmented. Pronotum uniformly reticulate, two pairs of campaniform sensilla, one pair of long setae. Mesoscutum entire; metascutum with reticulate triangle. Tarsi 1-segmented. Fore wing with prominent veins, costal setae shorter than fringe cilia; posteromarginal setae wavy. Abdominal tergite I reticulate, median pair of setae minute; II strongly constricted, wart-like tubercles laterally; III–VII with thick antecostal line; X asymmetrical, divided longitudinally.