taxonID	type	description	language	source
CE1E87FBFFA5FFC5FFE3FBE1112DD892.taxon	description	Female macroptera. Body and legs brown (Fig. 1), abdominal segments VIII, IX, tube and antennal segments V – VIII darkest; III yellowish brown at the base (Fig. 2); fore tibiae paler distally and all tarsi brownish yellow (Fig. 3); all major setae pale. Head as long as wide, not reticulate between the postocular setae, genae narrowed to compound eyes without setae; vertex irregularly transversely striate; stylets retracted less than half-way to postocular setae; postocular setae capitate (Fig. 4). Antennal segments III and IV with 2 and 4 sense cones respectively. Pronotum smooth, with 4 pairs of capitate setae (anteroangulars, midlaterals, epimerals and posteroangulars) (Fig. 5). Prosternal basantra and ferna developed, ferna wider than long (Fig. 6); mesopresternum transverse; metathoracic sternopleural sutures absent. Fore tarsal tooth developed; fore femora with two pairs of long capitate setae, mid and hind femora each with one long capitate seta (Fig. 3); meso and metathorax ventro-laterally each with a similar pair of setae. Forewing without duplicated cilia, bases of sub-basal setae arranged in a line, all capitate. Pelta almost bell shaped (Fig. 7); abdominal tergites lateral setae capitate (Fig. 9), setae on IX long and finely pointed (Fig. 8); tube smooth with straight sides, anal setae shorter than tube. Abdominal sternites with a row of short setae. Measurements. Body length 1790. Head length 165; width behind eyes 145; postocular setae 60. Pronotum, length 135; width 280; major setae anteroangulars 60, midlaterals 70, epimerals 85, posteroangulars 75. Tergite IX setae S 1 148. Tube length 166, basal width 60. Antennal segments I – VIII length 34, 48, 63, 57, 59, 48, 39, 41. Specimens examined. Female macroptera. IRAN, Ilam province, Manesht Mountain, on Quercus leaf litter, 18. vii. 2017, leg. M. Mirab-balou.	en	Mirab-balou, Majid, Minaei, Kambiz, Ulitzka, Manfred R. (2022): A first record of the fungus-feeding genus Tylothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 183-189, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.183, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.183
