Published July 9, 2022 | Version v1
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A newly recorded genus of the Thrips genus-group (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Iran

  • 1. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.
  • 2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

Description

The monotypic genus Fulmekiola Karny of Thrips genus-group (Thripidae: Thripinae) is recorded in Iran for the first time. This is the sixth member of this group recorded from Iran after Microcephalothrips (one species), Sphaerothrips (one species), Stenchaetothrips (2 species), Stenothrips (one species) and Thrips (35 species). Diagnostic characters and the geographical distribution of the newly recorded thrips, Fulmekiola serrata (Kobus) are provided along with an updated key to genera of the Iranian Thrips-group.

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