Scolothrips Hinds

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 : 37

Scolothrips Hinds

Remarks.

Species of the genus Scolothrips are well known as predators of mites on the leaves of plants. The genus is easy to recognize by the presence of six pairs of very long setae on the pronotum, and the fore wings with dark bands, although recognition of species within the genus has remained difficult ( Mound 2011b). Currently 16 species are recognized ( ThripsWiki 2013), of which three are reported from Iran ( Bhatti et al. 2009a); but the report of Scolothrips sexmaculatus (Pergande) from Iran has not been accepted ( Bhatti and zur Strassen 2009).