Manothrips Priesner

Dang, Li-Hong, Mound, Laurence A. & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2014, Conspectus of the Phlaeothripinae genera from China and Southeast Asia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 3807 (1), pp. 1-82 : 54

Manothrips Priesner *

Manothrips Priesner, 1953: 373 . Type species: Manothrips fortis Priesner , by monotypy.

Known only from its description, the only species placed in this genus was described from a single female taken on Sumatra, Indonesia. The record of this genus from Fujian, China, by Zhang et al. (1999) requires further confirmation, particularly as there was no indication either of the sex or number of specimens found.

Diagnosis: Head longer than wide, cheeks strongly narrowed to base, with 2 pairs of sub-basal spine-like setae; eyes normal, but with enlarged posterior ommatidium; postocular setae well-developed; antennae 8-segmented, III with 1 sensorium, IV with 3; pronotum with major setae developed, epim long; basantra absent; fore tarsal tooth absent in female; fore wings parallel-sided, with duplicated cilia; tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of wing-retaining setae; tube slightly longer than head.