Kambiz MINAEI*

Podothrips: first record from Iran with a new species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)

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http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/
Turkish Journal of Zoology Turk J Zool
(2015) 39: 958-961
© TÜBİTAK
doi:10.3906/zoo-1409-38
Podothrips: first record from Iran with a new species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)
Kambiz MINAEI*
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
* Correspondence: kminaei@shirazu.ac.ir
Fourteen families of thrips are recognized in the insect
order Thysanoptera, including 5 fossil families (Mound,
2013). Among them, Phlaeothripidae, with 2 subfamilies
(Idolothripinae and Phlaeothripinae), is the most speciesrich family, with 3550 species assigned to some 460
genera (ThripsWiki, http://thrips.info/wiki/). Members of
subfamily Idolothripinae feed on fungal spores (Mound
and Palmer, 1983). The members of the subfamily
Phlaeothripinae exhibit a wide range of biologies, ranging
from fungus feeding (Mound and Marullo, 1996; Minaei,
2013a; Dang et al., 2014), to phytophagy (Minaei and

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