Phaulothrips, Hood, 1918

Eow, L. X., Mound, L. A. & Ng, Y. F., 2011, Genera of Spore-Feeding Thysanoptera from Southeast Asia (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), with a species checklist from Peninsular Malaysia, Zootaxa 2928 (1), pp. 1-19 : 11

Phaulothrips

Fourteen species are described in this genus, of which ten are from Australia, with one each from Samoa and Japan, together with P. orientalis Okajima from Bali and P. melanosomus Okajima from Sulawesi. Species of Phaulothrips have long curved metathoracic sternopleural sutures that arise close to the mesothoracic border. The preocellar region of the head is usually almost vertical, and bears a pair of prominent setae that often arise from slight tubercles. The head is at least slightly elevated in the mid line, and the antennal segments III–IV bear two sensoria.