Table 1 Overview of previously described spermatheca sizes and shapes in Thysanoptera.

Tubulifera

Phlaeothripidae

Bactrothrips buffai

330 × 77–132

160 × 23–33

d

¹³

4.5

¹³

Spermatheca: 7.3

Ampoule: 3.6

Compsothrips albosignatus

a

750 × 350

100 × 80

e

⁴⁷

4.3–4.5

#

Spermatheca: 16.6–17.4

Ampoule: 2.2–2.3

Haplothrips simplex

a

595 × 70–110

20 × 30

e

⁴⁷

3

⁵¹

Spermatheca: 19.8

Ampoule: 1.0

Haplothrips verbasci

a

160 × 75–105

10–20 × 11–17

d

⁹

1.80–1.90

⁵²

Spermatheca: 8.4–8.9

Ampoule: 1.05–1.1

Suocerathrips linguis

a

400 × 85

85 × 60

e

1.8

⁵³

Spermatheca: 22.2

Ampoule:4.7

Terebrantia

Aeolothripidae

Aeolothrips cursor

c

54 × 58

-

e

⁴⁷

0.91–1.07

⁵⁴

5.4–6.4

Aeolothrips intermedius

b

100 × 100 × 100

-

d

⁷

1.85–2.4

⁵⁴

4.1–5.4

Aeolothrips tenuicornis

c

130 × 140

-

e

⁴⁷

1.92–2.52

⁵⁴

5.6–7.6

Melanthripidae

Melanthrips fuscus

50 × 50

-

e

⁴⁷

1.8–2.23

⁵⁴

2.2–2.6

Ankothrips mavromoustakisi

21 × 21

-

e

⁴⁷

1.68–1.94

⁵⁴

1.1–1.3

Thripidae

Subfamily: Thripinae

Echinothrips americanus

c

25 × 20

-

d

1.36–1.6

⁵⁴

1.6–1.8

Frankliniella fusca

c

28–50 × 28–50

-

d

⁹

1.25–1.53

⁵⁴

3.3–4.0

Frankliniella occidentalis

c

27–28 × 27–28

-

e

¹¹

1.44–1.82

⁵⁴

1.5–1.9

Limothrips cerealium

c

42 × 42

-

f

⁵⁵

1.68–2.23

⁵⁴

1.9–2.5

Neohydatothrips gracilicornis

c

16 × 18

-

e

⁴⁷

1.38–1.66

⁵⁴

1.1–1.3

Pezothrips kellyanus

c

45 × 50

-

e

⁴⁷

1.63–2.18

⁵⁴

2.3–3.1

Thrips physapus

c

40 × 40

-

d

1.25–1.7

⁵⁴

2.4–3.2

Subfamily: Panchaetothripinae

Hercinothrips femoralis

c

65 × 25

-

d

1.22–1.63

⁵⁴

4.0–5.3