“…The order Thysanoptera is considered monophyletic based on morphological and molecular characteristics (Mound et al, 1980;Crespi et al, 1996). Presently, twelve thrips species are recognized as vectors transmitting tospoviruses (Bunyaviridae), including 16 virus species (Reddy et al, 1991;Yeh et al, 1992;Chen and Chiu, 1996;Mumford et al, 1996;Singh and Krishnareddy, 1996;Webb et al, 1997;Cortês et al, 1998;Gera et al, 1998;Bezerra et al, 1999;Kato et al, 1999;Nagata and de Ávila, 2000;Lee et al, 2002;Ullman et al, 2002;Nagata et al, 2004;Ghotbi et al, 2005;Lin et al, 2005;Premachandra et al, 2005;Ohnishi et al, 2006).…”