Bregmatothrips Hood

Remarks.

This is a common genus of grass-living species in tropical and subtropical areas (Mound and Marullo 1996; Mound 2011a), with nine species worldwide (Mound 2011a, ThripsWiki 2013) of these Bregmatothrips bournieri Pelikán is found in Iran ( Pelikán 1988; Bhatti et al. 2009a). This genus is closely related to Sorghothrips by having antennal segment I with paired median dorsoapical setae, and the abdominal tergites with posteromarginal craspeda and the median campaniform sensilla close to the posterior margin (Masumoto and Okajima 2006).