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 Genus Stictothrips Hood Currently this genus comprises five fungus-feeding species ( ThripsWiki 2019 ) that have been described from several different parts of the world. The type species, S. maculatus Hood , is known from various parts of North America, with both sexes fully winged ( Hoddle et al. 2019 ). S. faurei was described from South Africa and subsequently recorded (as S. fimbriata ) from India ( Bhatti et al . 2009 ); moreover Cheraghian (1996) recorded this species in low density from Ficus bengalensis in Khuzestan province , south of Iran . S . leopardinus was described from northern Egypt ( Priesner 1965 ); and S. aoristus and S. namadji were described from Australia ( Mound & Tree 2015 ). To these five species, the following new species is described here from Iran .