Margaritothrips Priesner *

Margaritothrips Priesner, 1932: 49 . Type species: Margaritothrips sumatrensis Priesner, by monotypy.

Three species are listed in this genus, the type species from Indonesia and the other two from India. These species are unusual in being described as macropterous but having only one pair of tergal wing-retaining setae .

Diagnosis: Head longer than wide, slightly produced in front of eyes; eyes short ventrally, postocular setae well-developed; stylets short, wide apart, U-shaped; antennae 8-segmented, III–IV each with 3 sensoria; pronotum with 5 pairs of developed setae, notopleural sutures complete; basantra absent; mesopresternum reduced; sternopleural sutures absent; fore tarsal tooth present in female; fore wings parallel-sided, without duplicated cilia; pelta triangular with sides rounded; tergites II–VII with 1 posterior pair of wing-retaining setae; tube shorter than head, anal setae much shorter than tube.