Eurhynchothrips Bagnall

(Figs 13, 36, 37)

Eurhynchothrips Bagnall, 1918: 213 . Type species: Eurhynchothrips convergens Bagnall, by monotypy.

Of the five species listed in this genus, three are known only from West Africa. One species, ordinarius (Hood) from India, is recorded from China (Han 1997), and messuicola (Bagnall) described from Malaysia has been seen from Singapore. This is yet another poorly defined genus in the Liothrips- lineage.

Diagnosis: Head slightly longer than wide; eyes normal, postocular setae well-developed; stylets retracted to compound eyes, less than fifth of head width apart with stout maxillary bridge (Fig. 37); antennae 8-segmented (Fig. 13), III with 1 sensorium, IV with 3; pronotum with 5 pairs of developed setae, notopleural sutures complete; basantra absent; mesopresternum transverse but slender; sternopleural sutures present (Fig. 36); fore tarsal tooth absent in both sexes; fore wings parallel-sided, with duplicated cilia; pelta broadly triangular; tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of wing-retaining setae; tube with straight sides, shorter than head; male sternite VIII without pore plate.