Danothrips

Body including legs uniformly yellow. Antennal segments I–II yellow, III and VIII pale yellow, apex of IV & V and apical half of VI brown, VII light gray brown. Head wider than long, with transverse striate sculpture dorsally on posterior fourth; ocellar setae pair I absent, pair II small, pair III situated near outside margins of ocellar triangle. Antenna 8-segmented, segment I without dorso-apical setae, III and IV with forked sense cone, IV with dorsal microtrichia, V with two simple sense cones, VI without pedicel, VIII longer than VII. Pronotum wider than long, surface smooth except for a few faint transverse lines near posterior margin, with 10–12 small discal setae; two pairs of long posteroangular setae, inner one longer than outer pair. Fore wing first vein with 10 setae, 1+3+3 in basal half and 1+1+1 in distal half; clavus with 5–6 marginal setae and 1 discal seta, apical setae longer than subapical; fore wing including clavus pale brown with sub-basal and apical areas pale. Tergite IX with two pairs of short thorn-like setae arranged almost transversely, anterior pair sub-equal to posterior pair, a cluster of 5–7 wart-like tubercles caudad of anterior setae.

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