Terthrothrips Karny

(Figs 97–103)

Terthrothrips Karny, 1925: 78 . Type species: Phloeothrips sanguinolentus Bergroth, by monotypy.

There are 26 species included in this genus, almost all described from leaf-litter in the Neotropics. However, three species are recorded from China, of which two were described from Japan, and a new species is described here from Java.

Diagnosis: Head usually longer than wide, slightly prolonged in front of eyes, cheeks incut behind eyes (Figs 97, 98); postocular setae long, capitate; mouth-cone short and rounded, stylets short, V-shaped; antennae 8- segmented (Figs 99–101), VIII constricted basally, III and IV each with 2 or 3 sensoria; pronotum with 3 or 4 slender, capitate setae, am reduced, notopleural sutures complete or nearly complete; basantra usually present; mesopresternum transverse; sternopleural sutures absent; fore tarsal tooth present in both sexes, fore tibia inner margin often with row of tubercles (Fig. 97); fore wings, if present, parallel-sided without duplicated cilia; pelta variable; tergites II–VII each with 2 pairs of wing-retaining setae (Fig. 103); tube shorter than head, anal setae much shorter than tube, about twice as long as apical width of tube; male sternite VIII without pore plate.