The Poaceae-associated genus Bamboosiella (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from India with one new species Author Kumar, Vikas Author Tyagi, Kaomud text Zootaxa 2014 3795 1 79 84 journal article 36857 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.8 f73844eb-2da3-4bf6-a7b6-4546c0700f04 1175-5326 286045 C6D16661-718B-4037-90D2-6CA19AD7DD04 Bamboosiella Ananthakrishnan Bamboosiella Ananthakrishnan 1957 : 65 . Type species Bamboosiella bicoloripes Ananthakrishnan. Diagnosis. The genus can be distinguished from other genera of phlaeothripids by the following features: Head longer than broad or as long as broad; maxillary stylets short and V-shaped, restricted to mouth cone, maxillary bridge absent; postocular setae well developed; antennae 8-segmented, segment VIII not pedicellate; segment III with 1 or 2 and IV with 2–4 sense cones; prothoracic notopleural sutures complete; basantral plates welldeveloped, reduced or absent; metathoracic sternopleural sutures absent; pelta hat-shaped, fore tarsal tooth absent or present; fore wing with median constriction, with or without duplicated cilia; abdominal tergites II–VII each with two pairs of sigmoid setae; tube shorter than head; male without sternal pore plates. Biology. The species of Bamboosiella are Phlaeothripinae that inhabit the leaves of Poaceae , including both grasses and bamboos, although one species from India , B . varia , has also been collected on Areca (Palmae) .