Ficothrips Minaei

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 : 34

Ficothrips Minaei

Remarks.

This genus originally described from Iran with only one species, Ficothrips moundi ( Minaei 2012b). This monobasic genus is superficially similar to Scolothrips or Parascolothrips . Morphologically, Ficothrips is interesting because simultaneously bears two charchter states that have been evolved rarely in Thripidae : nine antennal segments and severall long setae on the pronotum. The species was collected on fig leaves infested by Eotetranychus hirsti Pritchard and Baker ( Acari , Tetranychidae ) and the low density of species suggest that it may be a predator on that mite ( Minaei 2012b).