Taeniothrips eucharii (Whetzel) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae): a newly recorded species on rangeland plants in Iran

Miri, Behzad; Moeini-Naghadeh, Naser; Vahedi, Hassanali; Mirab-balou, Majid

doi:10.52547/jibs.6.1.21

Taeniothrips eucharii (Whetzel) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae): a newly recorded species on rangeland plants in Iran

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Behzad Miri ¹

Naser Moeini-Naghadeh ¹

Hassanali Vahedi ¹

Majid Mirab-balou ²

¹ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

² Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

10.52547/jibs.6.1.21

Abstract

The genus Taeniothrips Amyot & Serville is belonging in the subfamily Thripinae with only one species in Iran. Here, the second species, T. eucharii (Whetzel) is newly recorded from the country. Male and female specimens of this species have been collected on the flowers of Ixiolirion tataricum (Amaryllidaceae) from Ilam province (west of Iran).

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Keywords

Thysanoptera

new record

thrips

Ilam

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