Thysanoptera host-plant associations, with an account of species living on Tamarix, and a new species of Lissothrips (Phlaeothripidae) Author Minaei, Kambiz 0000-0002-0168-178X Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. & kminaei @ shirazu. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0168 - 178 X kminaei@shirazu.ac.ir Author Mound, Laurence 0000-0002-6019-4762 CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra, ACT, Australia. & laurence. mound @ csiro. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6019 - 4762 laurence.mound@csiro.au text Zootaxa 2020 2020-10-27 4868 2 275 283 journal article 8867 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.2.7 d3e25dc2-708e-4a78-b552-aa1c6d8c6550 1175-5326 4443696 A798435B-E49B-4BFB-A180-B1816B4F047D AEOLOTHRIPIDAE Although 24 genera are recognized in this family, slightly more than half of the 216 known species (ThripsWiki 2020) are members of the single genus Aeolothrips . In Iran , this genus is particularly species-rich, with at least 30 known species ( Alavi & Minaei 2018 ). All members of the family Aeolothripidae have 9-segmented antennae, apart from the single species discussed below. Many Aeolothripidae species are predators, although flower-living species probably have a mixed diet, and such species may be found on the flowers of various plants. A few Aeolothrips species seem to be associated with the flowers of particular plants, such as the European A. ericae that is usually found on Erica and Calluna [ Ericaceae ] and A. propinquus on Echium species [ Boraginaceae ] ( Mound et al . 2018 ).