本州から知られている。冬季にケヤキの幹の樹皮下から得られるが、食性を含む詳しい生態は不明。雌雄とも通常短翅型だが、稀に長翅型のメスが現れる。

This species is known from Honshu. It is collected from under the bark of Zelkova serrata [Ulmaceae] trunks in winter, but its detailed ecology, including its feeding habits, is unknown. Both males and females are usually micropterous, though macropterous females occasionally occur.

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  Liothrips fungi and P. zelkobae

  

  Female microptera

  

  Female microptera

  

  Female microptera, head to abdomen

  

  Female microptera and male microptera

  

  Male microptera