Thysanoptera fauna of Shiraz and vicinity
Minaei K1, Alichi M2
1Plant Protection Department, College of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj-Iran.
2Plant Protection Department, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Iran
Correspondence: kminaei@ut.ac.ir
During investigations on the thysanopteran fauna of Shiraz (Fars province, south west of Iran) and its vicinity in 1999¨C2002, forty-two species from 5 families and 23 genera were collected. They are listed according to their families as follows: Family Adiheterothripidae- Holarthrothrips josephi Bhatti; Family Aeolothripidae- Aeolothrips collaris Priesner, Aeolothrips intermedius Bagnall, Aeolothrips tenuicornis Bagnall, Aeolothrips versicolor Uzel, Orothrips priesneri (Titschack), Rhipidothrips gratiosus Uzel; Family Melanthripidae- Melanthrips fuscus Sulzer, Melanthrips rivnayi Priesner, Melanthrips separandus Priesner; Family Phlaeothripidae: Cephalothrips coxalis Bagnall, Compsothrips albosignatus (Reuter), Haplothrips aculeatus (Fabricius), Haplothrips flavitibiae Williams, Haplothrips niger (Osborn), Haplothrips reuteri Karny, Haplothrips subtilissimus (Haliday), Haplothrips tolerabilis Priesner, Haplothrips tritici Kurdjumov, Liothrips pragensis Uzel, Megathrips flavipes (Reuter), Pseudocryptothrips meridionalis Priesner; Family Thripidae- Agrostothrips meridionalis (Bagnall), Anaphothrips obscurus (Muller), Anaphothrips sudanensis Trybom, Chirothrips kurdistanus Zur Strassen, Chirothrips pallidicornis Priesner, Frankliniella intonsa (Trybom), Frankliniella pallida Uzel, Frankliniella tenuicornis (Uzel), Neohydatothrips tadzhicus (Pelikan), Odontothrips confusus Priesner, Retithrips syriacus (Mayet), Scirtothrips mangifera Priesner, Scolothrips latipenis Priesner, Sitothrips arabicus Priesner, Tenothrips discolor (Karny), Tenothrips frici (Uzel), Thrips major Uzel, Thrips meridionalis (Priesner), Thrips minutssimus Linnaeus, Thrips tabaci Lindeman. The species Aeolothrips versicolor, Haplothrips subtilissimus and Scolothrips latipenis are predators of small arthropods and spider mites respectively. Compsothrips albosignatus, Megathrips flavipes, and Pseudocryptothrips meridionalis feed on fungal spores. The other species are considered phytophages or pollen-feeders. (Minaei K. 2000. Thysanoptera fauna of Shiraz and vicinity. M. Sc. Thesis, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran; Minaei K et al. 2001. Iran Agircultural Rearch 20: 53¨C66)
