Lizalothrips Okajima *

Lizalothrips Okajima, 1984: 729 . Type species: Lizalothrips luzonensis Okajima, by monotypy.

Two species are currently placed in this genus, one from Luzon and the second from Sabah. The genus is considered to be related to Apelaunothrips, although the maxillary stylets are slender, and the eyes are much longer ventrally than dorsally.

Diagnosis: Head slightly longer than wide, projecting slightly in front of eyes; eyes large and rounded, longer ventrally than dorsally, cheeks sharply incut behind eyes; postocular setae wide apart, shorter than eye; stylets less than one third of head width apart, retracted to postocular setae; antennae 8-segmented, III with 2 sensoria, IV with 3; pronotum with 5 pairs of capitate setae, ml rather close to aa; notopleural sutures incomplete; basantra absent; sternopleural sutures weak; fore tarsal tooth absent; fore wings parallel-sided, with duplicated cilia; pelta slightly hat-shaped; tergites II–VII with 2 pairs of wing-retaining setae, unciform on II–III, VIII with 1 weakly curved pair; tergite IX setae almost as long as tube; tube about half as long as head.