Liothrips Uzel, 1895

Liothrips Uzel View in CoL

This is the largest genus in the Phlaeothripidae , comprising 283 species worldwide (ThripsWiki 2023). Only two species, L. reuteri and L. oleae are recorded from Arabian Peninsula ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ). The genus can be recognized among other genera by this combination of characters: elongate head, po setae well developed (reduced in reuteri ); antennal segment III with one sense cone; pronotum with 5 pairs of well-developed setae; basantra absent, notopleural sutures complete, mesopresternum either transverse or eroded medially; fore tarsi without tooth in both sexes; fore wing with duplicated cilia, parallel sided; tergites II–VII with two pairs of wing-retaining setae; male sternite VIII usually with an entire pore plate.