Holarthothrips josephi Bhatti, 1968

Mirab-balou, M., 2018, An updated checklist of Iranian thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera), Far Eastern Entomologist 361, pp. 12-36 : 17

40. Holarthothrips josephi Bhatti, 1968

DISTRIBUTION. Iran (Kerman); India.

I.4. FAMILY THRIPIDAE STEPHENS, 1829

The family Thripidae with rather more than 2100 species is the second largest family of

Thysanoptera (ThripsWiki, 2018) . Most of species are phytophagous on higher plants, with a few species on ferns, and a few are obligate predators (Mound, 2011b). This family divided into four subfamilies, i.e., Dendrothripinae , Panchaetothripinae , Sericothripinae , and

Thripinae (Bhatti, 1989). Amongst them, the Thripinae is the largest group and most of them feed either on plant leaves or on flowers, many being pests, but a few species are predatory.

In Iran, 171 species in 53 genera of this family has been recorded.

I.4.1. SUBFAMILY DENDROTHRIPINAE PRIESNER, 1925

Genus Dendrothrips Uzel, 1895