Zemiathrips Mound This genus is known only from Australia, where it is widespread in Eucalyptus leaf-litter (Fig. 47). The five known species, Z. anatolis, Z. biseta, Z. greensladeae, Z. triseta and Z. uptoni, have been found widely across eastern Australia, from Tasmania to Queensland. Diagnosis. Head about as long as wide, usually reticulate, cheeks swollen and incut behind eyes; postocular setae long, capitate; mouth-cone short, stylets wide apart; antennae 8-segmented, I–III usually with dorsal setae capitate, VIII constricted basally, III and IV each with 2 sensoria; pronotum with 4 pairs of long, capitate setae, anteroangulars reduced; notopleural sutures complete or incomplete; basantra present; mesopraesternum transverse; no sternopleural sutures; fore tarsi usually without tooth; fore wings, if present, without duplicated cilia; pelta rectangular or anterior margin rounded; tergites II–VII usually each with 2 pairs of wing retaining setae in macroptera, with one pair in aptera; tube shorter than head, anal setae much shorter than tube; male sternite VIII without pore plate.

Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., Dang, Li-Hong & Tree, Desley J., 2013, Genera of fungivorous Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera) from dead branches and leaf-litter in Australia, pp. 201-224 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on page 222, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/247292