The genus Aeolothrips in Iran (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) with one new species.

One new species and two new records of the genus Aeolothrips from Iran (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Aeolothripidae).

Aeolothrips gundeliae sp. n. is described, and two bicolored species of the same genus, Aeolothrips ericae Bagnall and Aeolothrips albithorax Pelikan are newly reported from northeast of Iran. Diagnostic characters are provided for each species as well as illustrations to distinguish these species.

Occurrence of males among Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera), with description of the male of Aeolothrips afghanus.

A natural population of thrips, the insect order Thysanoptera, rarely comprises more than 30% males (Mound 2005), and this situation is particularly obvious in the family Aeolothripidae (Mound 1992). Thus for 46% of species of Aeolothripidae in Britain the male is not known (Mound et al. 1976). Aeolothrips is the most species-rich genus in this family, and males are not described for many speci...

The American genus Dactuliothrips (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) with three new species.

Three new species of Dactuliothrips Moulton are described, two from Mendoza, Argentina and one from Southern California, USA: D. prosopis sp.n. from Prosopis alpataco (Fabaceae), D. monttea sp.n. from Monttea aphylla (Scrophulariaceae), and D. ephedra sp.n. from Ephedra sp. (Ephedraceae). A revised diagnosis and an illustrated identification key to the nine recognized species of Dactuliothrips ...

The thrips family aeolothripidae ( thysanoptera: terebrantia) in the fars province

The genus Eremiothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Iran, with one new species

Eremiothrips bhattii sp.n. is described from Fars province, Iran. Three other species of this genus that have previously been recorded from other parts of Iran, E. similis Bhatti, E. taghizadehi (zur Strassen) and E. varius (Bhatti) are reported from Fars province for the first time. A key is provided for identification of the Iranian Eremiothrips species based on males.