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 ).