A new Ankothrips species (Thysanoptera: Melanthripidae) from Iran with unusually short setae

作者：Minaei Kambiz^*; Haftbaradaran Farinaz; Mound Laurence

来源：Zootaxa, 2012, (3552): 37-42.

• Ankothrips
• Isfahan province
• Melanthripidae
• new species

Ankothrips zayandicus sp. n. is described from Isfahan province, central Iran. It is unique among Ankothrips species, also unusual among Melanthripidae, in having no long setae on the head and pronotum. Problems are discussed in defining genera in Melanthripidae and Thripidae on the basis of pronotal setae.

• 出版日期2012-11-16
• 单位CSIRO