Genera of fungivorous Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera) from dead branches and leaf-litter in Australia Author Mound, Laurence A. Author Dang, Li-Hong Author Tree, Desley J. text Zootaxa 2013 3681 3 201 224 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.1 caf9f3a0-f5e2-400d-b023-1ec9607edf1d 1175-5326 247292 0473676C-4B88-4919-A5AD-F5612F08FBBE Macrophthalmothrips Karny There are 16 species recognised in this genus from various tropical countries, and Mound (1972b) provided a key to the 13 species that were then available ( Fig. 27 ). These thrips live on dead branches, and two are known from the tropical north of Australia , M. argus and M. flavafemora . Diagnosis. Body black with yellow and white markings, eyes bright red; head longer than wide; eyes holoptic, surrounding ocellar region; postocular setae usually minute; mouth-cone extending to mesosternum, stylets retracted to eyes, close together medially; antennae 8-segmented, III with 2 sensoria, IV with 4; pronotum with 5 pairs major setae, notopleural sutures incomplete; basantra absent; mesopraesternum divided into two plates; sternopleural sutures present, but short; fore tarsi without tooth; fore wings parallel-sided, with duplicated cilia; pelta bell-shaped; tergites II–VII each with 2 pairs of wing retaining setae; tube shorter than head, anal setae shorter than tube; male sternite VIII without pore plate.