Scirtothrips hafezi Minaei & Mound, 2018

Minaei, Kambiz & Mound, Laurence, 2020, Thysanoptera host-plant associations, with an account of species living on Tamarix, and a new species of Lissothrips (Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4868 (2), pp. 275-283 : 277

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4868.2.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A798435B-E49B-4BFB-A180-B1816B4F047D
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scientific name	Scirtothrips hafezi Minaei & Mound
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Scirtothrips hafezi Minaei & Mound

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Over 100 species are recognized in the genus Scirtothrips , and each of these seems to feed on young leaves or very young fruits. They are found in a wide range of habitats, and the range of host plants is very considerable, with some species being crop pests and a few breeding on young fern fronds. This species was collected from Tamarix sp. in Fars province, Iran. It is unusual among Scirtothrips species in having two pairs of long pronotal posteroangular setae, and ocellar setae III unusually long ( Minaei & Mound 2018), character states that it shares only with a single species from South Africa. Although some Scirtothrips are highly polyphagous, many species are host-specific, but with diverse host associations including tree ferns, cycads and several unrelated angiosperms.