Schmutz, 1913 : 998 Pseudodendrothrips ornatissimus Schmutz P. bhattii Morus The Iranian Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with description of a new genus and species Alavi, Jalil Minaei, Kambiz Fekrat, Lida Zootaxa 2014 3860 5 479 486 63QZD Schmutz Schmutz [151,493,511,536] Insecta Thripidae Pseudodendrothrips GBIF Animalia Thysanoptera 5 484 Arthropoda genus     Pseudodendrothrips  Schmutz, 1913: 998. Typespecies  Pseudodendrothrips ornatissimusSchmutz The distributions of the 17 Old World species of this genus are as follows: Australia(three), Oriental (eleven), Afrotropical (two), Mediterranean (one) ( Mound & Tree 2007). Mound & Tree (2007)arranged these 17 species into four groups, based on the following four characters: colour of body, head, fore wings, number of antennal segments. The widespread minor pest of mulberry, P. m o r i, is the only species that has previously been recorded in Iran.  P. bhattiiis here newly recorded from Iran, and is considered a pest of  Morustrees in Southeast Asia. This species is also recorded from Australia, Japanand Pakistan( Mound 1999; Akram et al. 2003).