First report of the genus and species Nesothrips brevicollis (Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae) from Iran

10.48311/jcp.2014.1122
Volume 3, Issue 1
March 2014
Pages 99-103

Author

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

Abstract
Four genera and five species of Idolothripinae are recorded in Iran: Allothrips Hood, Compsothrips Reuter and Pseudocryptothrips Priesner each with one species, and Megathrips Targioni-Tozzetti with 2 species. In this paper, the genus Nesothrips Kirkaldy, with one species N. brevicollis (Bagnall) collected on grasses in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, is recorded in Iran for the first time. A key is provided to distinguish five Idolothripinegenera from Iran. Diagnostic morphological characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded species are briefly discussed.

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