The Liothrips-lineage of thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Iran with the first record of micropterous morph of a Liothrips species

Abstract

A key is provided to the three Phlaeothripinae genera of the Liothrips-lineage known from Iran, Cephalothrips, Liothrips, and Liophloeothrips. Ataliothrips is placed as a new synonym of Liothrips, and the micropterous morph of L. reuteri described, this morph being unique among species of Liothrips. Illustrated keys are provided to the species of these genera recorded from Iran, all of which are considered to be leaf-feeding. In addition, a key is provided to the three species of Liophloeothrips from Europe, because L. hungaricus has been recorded from Iran although with no known voucher specimens.

Fungus-feeding thrips in Iran with a new species of Stictothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)

“…C. coxalis Bagnall (Fig. 7) was described from southern France, but it is also recorded from Iran and Morocco (Alavi & Kamali 2003;Minaei & Mound 2014). During the present study a few wingless specimens of C. coxalis were collected from leaf litter in Fars province.…”

“…However, the type species, L. glaber, and two other species, L. hungaricus and L. pulchrisetis, are described from Europe. From Iran, L. hungaricus has been recorded without any information concerning the locality, date of collection, or number of specimens (Mortazaviha 1995), although this species is possibly associated with the bark of certain Salicaceae (Minaei & Mound 2014). The only other species in this genus, L. arjanicus (Fig.…”

Replacement names for two homonyms of Liothrips brevitubus Karny: one from California, the other for a species damaging Jatropha crops in Mexico

“…Liothrips oleae is a pest of olive trees in the European Mediterranean countries (Moritz et al 2004). Liothrips adisi was described as a pest of the commercial liane Paullinea cupana in Brazil, and Liothrips austriacus has been implicated as a pest of Pistacia crops in Iran (Minaei & Mound 2014). In addition, three species in this genus have been investigated as biocontrol agents of weedy plants, L. urichi against Clidemia hirta (Simmonds 1933), L. mikaniae against Mikania micrantha (Cock 1982), and L. tractabilis against Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Mound & Pereyra 2008).…”

“…As a result, the identity of many of these named species continues to be in doubt. Modern identification keys are available only to the 23 Liothrips species known from Japan (Okajima 2006), the four European species known from Iran (Minaei & Mound 2014), and 14 species from Illinois (Stannard 1968). In contrast, the keys to 16 species of Liothrips from Brazil (Moulton 1933), to more than 80 species from Indonesia (Priesner 1968), and to 50 species from India (Ananthakrishnan & Sen 1980), are of little more than archival interest, in that they are based on few specimens with little allowance for intraspecific variation.…”

A New Species of the Genus Liophloeothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from Iran

“…Th e genus Liophloeothrips Priesner, 1919 is one of the taxa of the Liothrips-lineage and known by 16 species globally (Minaei and Mound, 2014), of which three species, i. e., L. glaber Priesner, L. hungaricus (Priesner) and L. pulchrisetis Bournier from Europe and 13 species from India (Tyagi & Kumar, 2011). A checklist and key is now available for the identifi cation of Indian species by Tyagi & Kumar (2011).…”