Idolothripini

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 : 15

Tribe Idolothripini

Species placed in this tribe do not have metathoracic sternopleural sutures, the tergites almost always have two or more pairs of wing-retaining setae, and the tube bears long lateral setae. The tribe is represented throughout the tropics, and three subtribes are recognised.