Ficothrips Minaei

Remarks.

This genus originally described from Iran with only one species, Ficothrips moundi (Minaei 2012b). This monobasic genus is superficially similar to Scolothrips or Parascolothrips . Morphologically, Ficothrips is interesting because simultaneously bears two charchter states that have been evolved rarely in Thripidae: nine antennal segments and severall long setae on the pronotum. The species was collected on fig leaves infested by Eotetranychus hirsti Pritchard and Baker ( Acari, Tetranychidae) and the low density of species suggest that it may be a predator on that mite (Minaei 2012b).