Thrips Linnaeus

Mirab-balou, Majid, Minaei, Kambiz & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2013, An illustrated key to the genera of Thripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Iran, ZooKeys 317, pp. 27-52 : 39

Thrips Linnaeus

Remarks.

This genus includes about 280 species in the world and is the largest genus in the Thripinae ( ThripsWiki 2013), and includes 29 species in Iran ( Mirab-balou et al. 2012a; Minaei 2012c). The genus shows extensive diversity in most parts of the world except the Neotropical region, and includes many species of economic importance ( Bhatti 1980). Several species of Thrips are considered crop pests in various parts of the world, such as Thrips angusticeps Uzel, Thrips flavus Schrank, Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan), Thrips meridionalis Priesner, and Thrips tabaci Lindeman ( Moritz et al. 2001). The latter species is well known as the most important pest of onion crops, greenhouses and ornamental plants in Iran ( Mirab-balou and Chen 2011a, Mirab-balou et al. 2012b), and is a vector of some Tospovirus diseases on plants.