Okajimathrips Bhatti

(Fig. 133)

Okajimathrips Bhatti, 1992: 130 . Type species: Podothrips kentingensis Okajima, by monotypy.

This genus includes a single species, described from Taiwan. It presumably has a similar biology to Podothrips species —predatory on Coccoidea on Poaceae (Mound & Minaei 2007), and is a member of the Haplothripini although not mentioned by Mound and Minaei (2007).

Diagnosis: Head a little longer than wide (Fig. 133); eyes normal, postocular setae developed, wide apart; stylets retracted to postocular setae, far apart medially; antennae 8-segmented, III and IV each with 2 sensoria; pronotum with 3 pairs of capitate setae (Fig. 133), am, ml reduced, but aa and pa much smaller than epimerals, notopleural sutures incomplete; basantra present; mesopresternum eroded medially, divided into two lateral plates; fore tarsal tooth present in both sexes, fore tibia with a subapical tubercle; fore wings weakly constricted medially, without duplicated cilia; pelta irregular; tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of wing-retaining setae; tergite IX with S1 short and expanded; tube with straight sides, about as long as head, anal setae longer than tube; male sternite VIII with a pair of pore plates.