Key to world Stictothrips species with description of a new species from Iran (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) Author Minaei, Kambiz Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. Author Mound, Laurence CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection, PO Box 1700, ACT 2601, Australia. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-05-08 4772 2 379 384 journal article 22304 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.2.9 638f1823-7037-4d75-9380-b9ce4d9222ed 1175-5326 3816578 FC6DC72F-BBB8-4CC8-9BBF-44B9E5B0F579 Key to species of Stictothrips ( leopardinus not examined) 1. Body brown ( Fig. 14 ).................................................................................. 2 -. Body bicoloured ( Figs 1, 6 , 13 ).......................................................................... 3 2. Antennal segment VIII broadly joined to VII; notopleural sutures complete.................................. aoristus -. Antennal segment VIII lanceolate ( Fig. 18 ); notopleural sutures incomplete................................ maculatus 3. Post ocular setae developed but not extending beyond hind margin of eye ( Fig. 15 ); notopleural sutures complete; sternite VIII of male with pair of round pore plates ( Fig. 16 )........................................................... farsi -. Post ocular setae not developed; notopleural sutures incomplete; sternite VIII of male with one median pore plate ( Fig. 12 ). 4 4. Head with maxillary stylets about 50% of head width apart ( Fig. 17 ); fore tarsal tooth not developed in either sex ( Fig. 17 )................................................................................................ namadji -. Head with maxillary stylets close together medially ( Figs 2 , 15 , 19 ); fore tarsal tooth developed in both sexes ( Figs 2 , 9, 10 , 19 )................................................................................................. 5 5. Antennal segment VII as uniformly brown as VI and VIII ( Fig. 7 ); tube uniformly brown ( Fig. 4 )............ denaeus sp.n. -. Antennal segment VII sharply paler than VI and VIII ( Fig. 20 ); tube brown only on distal half ( Fig. 21 )................. 6 6. Head with cheeks strongly convex and swollen ( Fig. 19 ); antennal segment III at least 2.5 times as long as wide ( Fig. 20 ).................................................................................................. faurei -. Head with genae not swollen but weakly convex (cf. Fig. 15 ); antennal segment III about 2.0 times as long as wide................................................................................................... leopardinus