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Mirab-Balou M. - Zaidi F.: First report of the genus and species Cephalothrips monilicornis (Reuter) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Doha, Qatar
Natura Somogyiensis 25 35-40 Kaposvár, 2014 First report of the genus and species Cephalothrips monilicornis (Reuter) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Doha, Qatar Majid Mirab-Balou1* & Farrah Zaidi2 'Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan ■"Corresponding author, e-mail: majid.mirab@gmail.com Mirab-Balou, M. & Zaidi, F.: First report of the genus and species Cephalothrips monilicornis (Reuter) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Doha, Qatar. Abstract: The genus Cephalothrips Uzel (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) with eight species in the world, is one the small group in subfamily Phlaeothripinae. Here, Cephalothrips monilicornis (Reuter, 1880) is reported for the first time from Doha, Qatar. Diagnostic morphological characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded species are briefly discussed. The specimens examined are deposited in the collection of Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Iran (ILAMU). Keywords: Phlaeothripinae, Cephalothrips, new record, Qatar. Introduction The Thysanoptera with more than 6000 known species is one of the orders of insects distributed throughout the world. This order includes nine families for living species (plus three fossil families) belonging to two suborders: Terebrantia and Tubulifera. The family Phlaeothripidae is the only family in suborder Tubulifera. This family currently comprises about 3500 known species in the world. Recently, Mirab-Balou et al. (2014) listed four genera and nine species of thrips from Doha, Qatar, of which one of them is belonging to subfamily Phlaeothripinae. Here, the second genus of Phlaeothripinae is reported for this country for the first time. The genus Cephalothrips was originally established by Uzel (1895), with Ph/oeothrips monilicornis Reuter as its type species (Cott 1956, Stannard 1968). Eight species are included in the genus now (Table 1) (Watson 1926, zur Strassen, 1968) and here is recorded for Qatar for the first time. The type species Phloeothrips monilicornis, was known distribute in Iran, Europe, North America, China and Siberia (Cott 1956, zur Strassen 1967, Stannard, 1968, Cao and Feng 2011, Mirab-Balou 2013).
