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Vol. 45 No. 2 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2013.e12

The grass-living thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) from Iran with the first record of the genus Arorathrips Bhatti

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Received: 15 March 2013
Accepted: 7 June 2013
Published: 6 September 2013
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Arorathrips mexicanus, Hormozgan Province, new record, Poaceae.

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K. Minaei
kminaei@shirazu.ac.ir
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
M. Alichi
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
A list of grass-dependent Thysanoptera genera in Iran is provided, including Arorathrips with one species, A. mexicanus, a Chirothrips-related thripid genus as a new record for Iranian fauna. The specimens of this species were collected from mixed grasses in the city of Minab located in Hormozgan Province, south of Iran. The importance of grasses as host plants for members of the family Thripidae is briefly discussed.

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The grass-living thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) from Iran with the first record of the genus Arorathrips Bhatti. (2013). Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 45(2), e12. https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2013.e12

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