Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok XII. - Natura Somogyiensis 27. (Kaposvár, 2015)
Mirab-Balou M. - Chen X. -x: Description of a new species of Haplothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Iran
48 Natura Somogyiensis Etymology: This species is named in honor of Prof. Gholam-Reza Rasoulian from Tehran University, Iran. Remarks: This new species, by having sub-basal setae arranged in a triangle, is similar to several species of Haplothrips. It is similar to H. reuteri (Kamy, 1907) but can be easily distinguished from the latter by the following characters: short tube (vs. long in reuteri)-, fore wings with smooth distal cilia (vs. distal cilia of forewing with surface rough in reuteri). It can be distinguished from H. caespitis Priesner, 1932 by the following characters: only fore tarsi yellow (vs. all tarsi yellow in caespitis)-, antennal segment III paler than other segments (vs. antennal segments III-V paler than other segments in caespitis); postocular setae, pronotal setae and sub-basal setae capitate (vs. acute in caespitis)-, fore tarsal with conspicuous tooth (vs. minute in caespitis)-, setae S2 and S3 blunt (vs. with abdominal tergite IX setae SI, S2 and S3 finely acute in caespitis). According to the key and descriptions in Minaei & Mound (2008), this new species is similar to H. clarisetis, but is distinguished from latter by the following character states: fore wing with duplicated cilia (vs. absent in clarisetis)-, presence of a conspicuous triangular tooth on the inner margin on fore tarsus (vs. fore tarsal tooth apparently absent in clarisetis). However, forewing sub-basal setae are arranged in a triangle in H. ordi Mound & Minaei, 2007, H. robustus Bagnall, 1918, H. salicorniae Mound & Walker, 1986 and H. varius Hood, 1918 but these species are readily distinguished from our new species because of the absence of duplicated cilia on the fore wing (Mound & Minaei 2007). Distribution: Iran (Hamedan and Alborz Provinces). Acknowledgements We are grateful to Prof. Feng Ji-nian of Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi-China, for supplying some materials in Thrips & Coccid Systematic Research.
