Podothrips Hood

(Figs 58, 59, 141)

Podothrips Hood, 1913: 67 . Type species: Podothrips semiflavus Hood, by monotypy.

There are 30 species listed in Podothrips, of which one was described from Thailand, one from Peninsular Malaysia, and three are recorded from China including Taiwan. The species in this genus appear to be predators of scale insects that live on Poaceae in the tropics and subtropics across the word (Ritchie 1974).

Diagnosis: Head longer than wide (Fig. 58); eyes normal, postocular setae developed; stylets usually about 1/3 of head width apart, retracted to postocular setae; antennae 8-segmented, III with 1 or 2 sensoria, IV with 2 or 3; pronotum usually with 4 pairs of developed setae, am reduced, sometimes ml small, notopleural sutures complete; basantra developed, longer than wide (Fig. 59); mesopresternum transverse; sternopleural sutures present (Fig. 59); fore tarsal tooth present in both sexes, fore tibia usually with an inner subapical tubercle; fore wings constricted medially, with or without duplicated cilia; pelta usually bell-shaped; tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of wing-retaining setae; tube shorter than head, anal setae longer than tube (Fig. 141); male sternite VIII without pore plate.