A new species of Haplothrips from southern Iran (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae)

Kambiz Minaei,Maryam Aleosfoor

doi:10.3897/zookeys.275.4433

Abstract

Haplothrips herajius sp. n. is described from leaves and flowers of a species of Suaeda in the south of Fars Province, Iran. This is the second Iranian species of Haplothrips with the unusual character state of extra setae on the metanotum. Information on variation in color and structure of the new species is provided. The similarities and host plant associations of this new species and Haplothrips kermanensis are discussed,as both are phytophagous on species of Chenopodiaceae.

Highlights

And still widely accepted, the known species of thrips are placed in a single order, the Thysanoptera, within which two suborders are recognized, the Terebrantia and Tubulifera (Mound et al 1980, Mound and Morris 2007, Buckman et al 2013)
The objective of this paper is to describe a new species of Haplothrips collected on another chenopod species, Suaeda sp
The new species discussed below was collected by beating leaves and flowers of Suaeda sp. (Chenopodiaceae) onto a plastic tray

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Introduction

And still widely accepted, the known species of thrips are placed in a single order, the Thysanoptera, within which two suborders are recognized, the Terebrantia and Tubulifera (Mound et al 1980, Mound and Morris 2007, Buckman et al 2013). The suborder Tubulifera comprises a single family, the Phlaeothripidae with about 3500 described species (Mound 2013) classified into two subfamilies. With 226 species worldwide, is the second largest genus, exceeded in number of described species only by Liothrips Uzel with 250 species (Mound 2013). Most species in this genus are Eurasian with just three described from South America (Mound and Zapater 2003, see Goldarazena et al 2012) and some world-wide in distribution (Pitkin 1976)

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