The first record of grass-living thrips, Chirothrips hamatus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Iran

Abstract

Species of the genus <em>Chirothrips</em> Haliday live on various species of grasses (family Poaceae). In this research, <em>Chirothrips</em> <em>hamatus</em> Trybom is reported for the first time in Iran as the seventh species recorded in this country for the genus so far. Most specimens of <em>C. hamatus</em> were collected on <em>Phragmites</em> sp. in Khuzestan Province (Iran). As for <em>Chirothrips</em> <em>atricorpus</em> Girault that has been previously reported in Iran, the second antennal segment in<em> C. hamatus</em> is symmetrical. The morphological differences of these two species are discussed and illustrated herein.

An updated checklist of Iranian thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera)

“…), and Jalil Alavi and associates at Ferdowsi University (Khorasan-e-Razavi prov.). Furthur Mirab-balou (2013a,b;2014a,b;2015;2016a,b,c,d,e;2018), Mirab-balou et al (2013Mirab-balou et al ( , 2014aMirab-balou et al ( ,b,c,d, 2015, Mirab-balou & Chen (2015), Mirab-balou & Dosty (2015, , , Mirab-balou et al (2017), Alavi et al (2013aAlavi et al ( ,b, 2014Alavi et al ( , 2015Alavi et al ( , 2016Alavi et al ( , 2018, Jahangiri Sisakht et al (2013), Gholami et al (2014), Fekrat & Manzari (2014a,b), Poorkashkooli et al (2015), Fekrat et al (2016), Miramirkhani et al (2016), Mombeini et al (2017), Minaei (2013bMinaei ( ,c, 2014aMinaei ( ,b, 2015aMinaei ( ,b,c, 2016aMinaei ( ,b, 2017a, Minaei et al (2014Minaei et al ( , 2016aMinaei et al ( ,b, 2017, Minaei & Mound (2014a,b, 2015, 2018, Minaei & Abdollahi (2015), Minaei & Afsharizadeh Bami (2017), are some of the major studies which have substantially added a number of species to the Thysanoptera from Iran. These studies have substantially increased the number of species known from Iran, totaling 270 species in 82 genera belonging to five families, adding 61 species and eight genera to the last published checklist from Iran by Mirab-balou (2013a).…”