Brachyurothrips Bagnall

(Figs 6, 7, 35, 48, 68, 97, 110)

The only species in this genus, B. anomalus Bagnall, was described from the Ethiopian Region, but B. walteri that was described from Brazil and regarded as a pest of pepper (“? Capsicum sp.”) (Lima 1956), is considered a synonym of B. anomalus. The antennae are 8-segmented, and segments III and IV have simple sense cones (Fig. 35). The pronotum bears four pairs of prominent setae, the fore wing second vein bears only one seta (Figs 6, 7), and abdominal segment IX is long (Fig. 97). The male abdomen isconstricted basally on segment IX (Fig. 7) and sternites III–VII have a long and slender pore plate (Fig. 110). Brachyurothrips is closely related to Selenothrips, but has simple, not forked, sense cones on antennal segments III and IV.