The Liothrips-lineage of thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Iran with the first record of micropterous morph of a Liothrips species Author Minaei, Kambiz Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. E-mail: kminaei @ shirazu. ac. ir Author Mound, Laurence Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia. E-mail: laurence. mound @ csiro. au text Zootaxa 2014 2014-11-28 3889 1 107 117 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.1.6 1175-5326 4952341 C4DD269D-7AA8-45E5-AB35-47BC8CCAC240 Key to genera of Liothrips -lineage from Iran 1. Fore tarsus inner margin in both sexes without tooth; antennal segment IV with 3 sense cones; tergite IX setae S1 and S2 with apices pointed................................................................................. Liothrips -. Fore tarsus inner margin with tooth in both sexes ( Fig. 12 ); antennal segment IV with 2 or 3 sense cones; tergite IX setae S1 and S2 with apices weakly to broadly capitate ( Fig. 13 )...................................................... 2 2. Mouth cone short and rounded; apterous, rarely macropterous with fore wings lacking duplicated cilia; antennal segment IV with 2 sense cones.......................................................................... Cephalothrips -. Mouth cone pointed, extending to mesosternum; usually macropterous, fore wings with duplicated cilia; antennal segment IV with 2 or 3 sense cones..................................................................... Liophloeothrips