Phlaeothrips

Minaei, Kambiz, 2013, The Phlaeothrips - lineage of fungus feeding thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Iran with a new species of Hindsiothrips, Zootaxa 3599 (3), pp. 279-290 : 280

Key to genera of Phlaeothrips lineage from Iran

[species of Phlaeothrips not examined]

1. Antennae 7-segmented ( Fig. 4 ); apterous; body surface with sculpture..................................... Idiothrips

-. Antennae 8-segmented ( Figs 1, 2, 3 7 ); apterous or macropterous; body surface with or without sculpture................ 2

2. Antennal segment II clearly constricted at base ( Fig. 7 ); cheeks with warts; forewing without duplicated cilia..... Stictothrips

-. Antennal segment II not so clearly constricted at base ( Figs 1, 2, 3 ); cheeks with or without warts; forewing, if present, with or without duplicated cilia................................................................................ 3

3. Antennal segments III and IV with 3 and 4 sensoria respectively ( Fig. 6 )….…...................................... 4

-. Antennal segments III and IV with at most 2 and 3 sensoria respectively ( Figs 2, 3, 5 ).............................. 6

4. Macropterous, forewing constricted medially with duplicated cilia ( Fig. 20 ); head with setal bearing tubercles on cheeks ( Fig. 9 )..................................................................................... Hoplandrothrips

-. Apterous or macropterous, if macropterous, forewing not constricted medially, with or without duplicated cilia ( Fig. 21 ); head with or without setal bearing tubercles on cheeks............................................................ 5

5. Head with prominent setal bearing tubercles on cheeks...................................... Phlaeothrips coriaceus

-. Head without prominent setal bearing tubercles on cheeks ( Fig. 11 )..................................... Hoplothrips

6. Antennal segment IV with 2 sensoria ( Fig. 1 ); macropterous, forewings with transverse band ( Fig. 19 ); pelta not developed........................................................................................... Aleurodothrips

-. Antennal segment IV with 3 senoria; apterous; pelta developed (Fig. 22)……………..................... Hindsiothrips

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Antennae (1) Aleurodothrips fasciapennis; (2) Hindsiothrips bonessi; (3) Hindsiothrips sisakhti; (4) Idiothrips bellus; (5) Idiothrips (segments I – IV) (6) Hoplandrothrips bidens (segments III – IV); (7) Stictothrips fimbriata.

FIGURES 19 – 21. Fore wings (19) Aleurodothrips fasciapennis; (20) Hoplandrothrips bidens; (21) Hoplothrips sp.

FIGURES 8 – 12. Head and / or pronotum (8) Hindsiothrips sisakhti; (9) Hoplandrothrips bidens; (10) Idiothrips bellus; (11) Hoplothrips sp.; (12) Idiothrips (male).