Holothrips属は長くてやや太い小腮刺針を持ち、触角第7・8節が融合していることで特徴づけられる。本種は本州以南に広く分布し、台湾や中国からも記録されている。枯れ枝に生息し、食菌性。同じく日本産のH. yuasaiに非常によく似るが、本種の触角第4–6節は一様に褐色であるのに対し、H. yuasaiではそれぞれに節の基部1/3は淡色である。

The genus Holothrips is characterized by the long, slightly thick maxillary stylets and fusion of antennal segments VII and VIII. This species is widely distributed south of Honshu including the Ryukyu Islands and has also been recorded from Taiwan and China. It lives on dead branches. It is very similar to H. yuasai also from Japan, but the antennal segments IV–VI of this species are uniformly brown, while in H. yuasai the basal 1/3 of each segment is pale. Fungus-feeder.

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