Pseudocryptothrips Priesner

The three species in this genus are structurally similar to the species of Allothrips, and apparently share the same habitat (Minaei 2011). Two of the species are from tropical countries, but the type species, P. meridionalis Priesner (Fig. 11), was described from Albania and then reported from Iran (Minaei 2011). It was collected from leaf litter in south of Iran (Minaei & Alichi 2002), but in the present study it was taken in association with Allothrips bournieri .