The Phlaeothrips - lineage of fungus feeding thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Iran with a new species of Hindsiothrips
Author
Minaei, Kambiz
text
Zootaxa
2013
3599
3
279
290
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3599.3.5
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1175-5326
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Stictothrips
Hood
Four species are placed in this genus (Mound 2012), two (
faurei
and
leopardinus
) from Africa (
Hood 1925
;
Priesner 1965
), one (
fimbriata
) from
India
(Ananthakrishnan 1964) and one (
maculatus
) from north eastern
USA
(
Hoddle
et al
. 2012
). In
Iran
,
Cheraghian (1996)
recorded
S. faurei
in low density from
Ficus
bengalensis
in Khuzestan Province, south of
Iran
. The species in the genus have the body surface with complex granulate sculpture (
Fig. 14
); antennal segments bicolored, III and IV with one and two sensoria respectively (
Fig. 7
) and forewing swollen near base, parallel sided distally.
Material studied.
S. fimbriata
,
India
,
1 female
, Chennai, dead leaves,
x.2005
(in
ANIC
).