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 Hoplothrips Amyot & Serville This genus of 120 fungus-feeding species worldwide is one of the largest genera of Phlaeothripinae ( ThripsWiki 2019 ) . The species frequently exhibit considerable dimorphism associated with sex and also with wing length, and there is often great variation in body size often involving allometry in some structural characters of males. Consequently, it is difficult to identify many of species of this widespread genus, as many are known only from few specimens ( Hoddle et al. 2019 , Mound 2017 ). These thrips are usually found on dead branches, although some are associated with leaf litter. From this genus only one unidentified species ( Fig. 5 ) is recorded from Iran , with two females taken in the north of Iran ( Jalali Sendi et al. 2011 ).