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 16b62458-0eaf-4510-aba9-219a0ea40a3d 1175-5326 221937 40567428-3478-4D86-8014-84425BAED692 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 ).