Fungus-feeding thrips in Iran with a new species of Stictothrips (Thysanoptera Phlaeothripidae)
Author
Hakimara, Mahsa
Author
Minaei, Kambiz
Author
Sadeghi, Saber
Author
Mound, Laurence
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-09
4652
3
557
567
journal article
25527
10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.11
1b360105-050e-4952-b964-04d9d17c2aa1
1175-5326
3364944
6127D0F2-D4B2-4A6B-8E8A-B816B9CEAB0F
Nesothrips
Kirkaldy
This genus comprises about 30 species from the Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, of which 16 species are from
Australia
and
New Zealand
(
Eow
et al
. 2014
). These species are collected mainly from leaf litter, grass or dead twigs. Only
N. brevicollis
Bagnall
is recorded from
Iran
, collected on grass from
Kurdistan province
, west of
Iran
(
Mirab-balou 2014
).