Pseudodendrothrips

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 : 485

Key to Iranian Pseudodendrothrips species

1. Pronotum and interantennal region without brown markings ( Fig. 21 ); antennal segments I–II paler than or as dark as IV–VIII; fore wing uniformly pale, with 24–26 costal setae; hind tarsus about 0.8 times as long as hind tibia.................. mori

- Pronotum with two longitudinal brown markings, head with interantennal region brown ( Fig. 20 ); antennal segments I–II distinctly darker than IV–VIII; fore wing with light brown band in middle, fading towards apex, with 19–22 costal setae; hind tarsus about 0.7 times as long as hind tibia................................................................ bhattii

Figures

FIGURES 20 – 23. Pseudodendrothrips species from Iran. Female: (20) Head & pronotum of P. bhattii. (21 – 23) P. mori: (21) Head & pronotum, (22) Hind tibia & tarsus, (23) Fore wing.