Aeolothrips eremicola (Thysanoptera, Aeolothripidae): first record of the male from Iran

摘要

The genus Aeolothrips, with 17 recorded species, is the third most species-rich genus in Iran (Minaei 2013). In contrast, the genus Thrips includes 28 species in this country (Minaei 2012; Mirab-balou et al. 2012), and Haplothrips 24 species (Minaei &Aleosfoor 2013), Moreover, it seems likely that more species of Aeolothrips will be discovered in Iran, considering the number recorded from neighboring countries. Aeolothrips eremicola Priesner was described from a single female collected on flowers ofZilla spinosa (Brassicaceae) in “Wadi hof near Helouan”, Egypt (Priesner 1938), and later Priesner (1965) referred to it as a rare species. The only other report of eremicola was from China, at Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, collected on Suaeda glauca and Bassia scoparia ("Amaranthaceae") and Zea mays (Poaceae), but the sex and number of specimens were not mentioned (Yang et al. 1993).