First report of the exotic banded greenhouse thrips, Hercinothrips femoralis (Reuter, 1891) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Iran

Manzari, Shahab; Malkeshi, Seyed Hassan

doi:10.48311/jibs.12.01.139

First report of the exotic banded greenhouse thrips, Hercinothrips femoralis (Reuter, 1891) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Iran

Document Type : Short Article

Authors

Shahab Manzari ¹

Seyed Hassan Malkeshi ²

¹ Insect Taxonomy Research Department,Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection,Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization,P.O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran

² Biological Control Research Department,Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection,Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization,P.O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran

10.48311/jibs.12.01.139

Abstract

The banded greenhouse thrips, Hercinothrips femoralis (Reuter, 1891), is newly recorded from Iran. This is also considered the first record of the genus Hercinothrips Bagnall for the country. This record increases the number of Iranian members of the subfamily Panchaetothripinae to nine species in eight genera. The thrips was collected from bell pepper, Capsicum annuum L. (Solanaceae), in a greenhouse in Tehran, Tehran province, in February 2025. A taxonomic diagnosis is provided to facilitate its identification.

Graphical Abstract

First report of the exotic banded greenhouse thrips, Hercinothrips femoralis (Reuter, 1891) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Iran

Keywords

Capsicum annuum

Greenhouse

Panchaetothripinae

Sugar beet thrips

Subjects

Taxonomy

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