Dendrothrips

Alavi, Jalil, Minaei, Kambiz & Fekrat, Lida, 2014, The Iranian Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with description of a new genus and species, Zootaxa 3860 (5), pp. 479-486 : 480-481

Key to Dendrothrips species from Iran

* D. karnyi has not been examined.

1. Each posterior angle of pronotum with one or two prominent seta, 22–32 microns long, longer than discal setae ( Fig. 2 ); antenna 8-segmented................................................................................... 2

-. Posterior angles of pronotum without prominent setae, less than 10 microns long, as long as small discal setae ( Figs 1 and 3 ); antenna 7- or 9-segmented.............................................................................. 3

2. Pronotum with one pair of prominent posteroangular setae; antennal segment V almost as long as VI ( Fig. 9 ); fore wing pale brown, paler at basal and distal parts; body yellowish brown to brown with dark spots ( Fig. 7 )................... saltatrix

-. Pronotum with two pairs of prominent posteroangular setae; antennal segment V much shorter than VI; fore wing uniformly white; body yellowish white, without dark spots......................................................... karnyi

3. Antenna 9-segmented ( Fig. 10 ); body of female mainly brown to dark brown without brown spots ( Fig. 6 ); pronotal striae without flanges; middle of metanotum with fine wrinkles between the lines................................... degeeri

-. Antenna 7-segmented ( Fig. 11 ); body of female yellowish brown with brown spots ( Fig. 8 ); pronotal striae with flanges ( Fig. 3 ); middle of metanotum without wrinkles between the lines............................................ phyllireae

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 11. Dendrothrips species in Iran. Female: (1 – 3) Head & pronotum: (1) D. degeeri, (2) D. saltatrix (3) D. phyllireae. (4) Fore wing of D. phyllireae (arrows indicate costal setea). (5) Hind tibia & tarsus of D. phyllireae. (6 - 8) Abdominal tergites IV – VII: (6) D. degeeri, (7), D. saltatrix, (8) D. phyllireae. (9 – 11) Antenna: (9) D. saltatrix, (10) D. degeeri, (11) D. phyllireae.