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
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Megathrips
Targioni-Tozzetti
Of the seven species in this genus, one is described from northern
China
, one from California, and five from Europe (
ThripsWiki 2019
). From
Iran
,
M. flavipes
(
Fig. 12
) was reported (as
M. inermis
) from leaf litter (
Minaei & Alichi 2002
). This species was described from Crete (
Reuter 1901
). During this study several specimens from both sexes
were collected from
Quercus
leaf litter in
Fars province
of which one female is macropterous (fore wing length 870 microns) (
Fig. 37
).