Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan, 1913), a new species for the thrips fauna of Iran.
Manzari S., Golmohammadzadeh-Khiaban N.
Author Affiliation: Insect Taxonomy Research Dept., Plant Pests & Diseases Research Institute, P. O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran.
Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 19 : 107-108
Abstract : T. hawaiiensis, thought to be reported for the first time in Iran, is widespread and common throughout the Oriental Region, around the Pacific from Japan and Hawaii to New Zealand and the Tuamotu Islands. It also occurs in several southern and eastern states of the USA. It seriously damages several plants such as mangoes, coffee, citrus, apples, pears and bananas, and has a beneficial role in pollinating oil palms. Females are pale or dark brown, its head and thorax are sometimes pale, yellow or orange-brown, tergites are always multi-coloured or completely brown; median metanotal setae situated at the anterior margin. The outer pronotal and inner posteroangular setae lengths are approximately 70 and 75µ, respectively. There are 14-16 discal setae found in sternite VII, whereas the mean pronotum length is approximately 142µ.