Elaphrothripina

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 : 16

Subtribe Elaphrothripina

Males in this group do not have lateral tubercles on the abdomen, and the tube is never particularly long. However, they commonly have the fore tarsi with a well-developed tooth and the fore femora enlarged, and this presumably reflects the style of male/male competition that occurs in these species. The maxillary stylets are widely spaced within the head, and paired prosternal basantra are present. A total of 10 genera are recognised, of which five are known from Southeast Asia.