Sitothrips Priesner

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

Sitothrips Priesner

Remarks.

This genus includes four species ( ThripsWiki 2013) of which Sitothrips arabicus Priesner has been recorded from Iran ( Bhatti et al. 2009a, Mirab-balou and Chen 2011a). This genus is included in the Frankliniella genus-group ( Mound and Palmer 1981a). It is distinguished from other members of this group by lack of long setae on the anterior margin of the pronotum, the meso- and metathoracic furcae both without a spinula, the maxillary palps 2-segmented, and the fore tarsi with two small teeth (one at the apex of the tarsus, the other at the end of the first segment) ( Mirab-balou and Chen 2011a). A key to three species of Sitothrips is available in zur Strassen (2003a). In some parts of Iran, like as Golestan province, Sitothrips arabicus is largely present on wheat and barley ( Alavi et al. 2007)