Fulmekiola Karny, 1925

Mohammadi Noori, Hadis, Jafari, Shahriar & Mirabbalou, Majid, 2022, A newly recorded genus of the Thrips genus-group (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3), pp. 389-394 : 390

Genus Fulmekiola Karny, 1925

Fulmekiola Karny, 1925:18 . Type species Fulmekiola interrupta Karny, 1925:18 , by original designation; synonym of Thrips serrata Kobus.

Diagnosis: Head without ocellar setae pair I, II much longer than interocellars; antennae 7-segmented, segments III and IV each with forked sense cones; maxillary palps 3-segmented; pronotum with two long setae at each posterior angle, with three pairs of posterior marginal setae inner to the major angulras. Tarsi 2-segmented. Fore wing first vein with row of setae broadly interrupted, second vein with numerous setae. Meso- and metasternal spinula absent. Abdominal tergites V – VIII each with a lateral ctenidium, that on VIII situated mesad of spiracles ( Thrips - type); setae S4 reduced on tergites VI – VIII; setae S3 to s5 on tergites III– V arranged in a triangle, with S4 placed mesio-caudad or mesiad of S5. Tergite X split longitudinally, tergites I– VIII and sternites II–VII ( VIII in males) along the posterior margin with long regular teeth; sternites II– V in females ( II – VIII in males) with all primary setae inserted at the posterior margin; Sternite II with two pairs of primary setae; sternites without discal setae .