Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok X. - Natura Somogyiensis 25. (Kaposvár, 2014)
Mirab-Balou M. - Zaidi F.: First report of the genus and species Cephalothrips monilicornis (Reuter) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Doha, Qatar
36 Natura Somogyiensis Materials and methods Specimens were collected from Doha, Qatar, in 2013. The specimens mounted on slide using the method of Mirab-Balou and Chen (2010). All descriptions, measurements and photos were made with a Leica DM IRB microscope, a Leica MZ APO microscope with a Leica Image 1000 system, EVOS digital inverted microscope and a Nikon Y-IDT microscope with a Q-image CCD. The specimens are deposited in the collection of Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Iran (ILAMU). Table 1. Checklist of Cephalothrips species in the world albostriatus zur Strassen Morocco brachychaitus Han China coxalis Bagnall Iran, France fuscus Faure South Africa hesperus Hood USA longicapitus Borzykh Kyrgyzstan merrilli Watson Cuba monilicornis (Reuter) Qatar, Iran, Russia, China, Europe, North America Results Suborder Tubulifera Family Phlaeothripidae Genus Cephalothrips Uzel Cephalothrips Uzel 1895: 244. Type species Phloeothrips monilicornis Reuter 1885. Diagnosis: Macropterous, micropterous or apterous. Small size, smooth, usually with eyes extending ventrally, with pedicel of antennal segment VII broad, without praepectal plates. Head about one and one-third times longer than broad, broadest at about middle of cheeks, generally smooth, weakly transversely striate; often ventral portion of eyes posteriorly elongated to a point. Ocelli present only in macropterous forms. Antennae short, 8-segmented, segments VII and VIII each with broad pedicels. Mouth-cone broadly rounded; maxillary stylets sigmoidal, retracted far into the head, not touching in the center of the head. Pronotum weakly developed, about one and one-half times broader than median length, about two-thirds the head length, without a median longitudinal thickening. All major setae present. Wings when fully developed not greatly swollen basally, parallel-sided, sparsely fringed. Legs short; anterior femora slightly swollen in females, more so in males, femora and tibiae unarmed; fore tarsi with a short, sharp tooth on the inner surface. Ferna present, small, trapezoidal. Abdomen not enlarged, with any lateral processes in either sex, lateral setae not set on produced posterior angles of their respective segments. Tube short, about two-thirds head, anal setae shorter than tube.
