A preliminary study on fauna of Thysanoptera in Qazvin province

The fauna of Thysanoptera was studied in Qazvin Province, during 2013–2014. In this study, 38 species from 4 families and 20 genera were collected and identified; of which 27 species are recorded for fauna of Qazvin Province for the first time, that shown by asterisks (*). Amongst them, 5 species are predator and other species are phytophagous; and among phytophagous species, Thrips tabaci and Frankliniella intonsa are widely distributed. Their scientific names are as follow:I. Suborder TEREBRANTIA: Family AEOLOTHRIPIDAE: Aeolothrips albicinctus Haliday*, A. collaris Priesner*, A. fasciatus (L.)*, A. intermedius Bagnall; Family MELANTHRIPIDAE: Melanthrips fusus (Sulzer)*, M. knechteli Priesner*; Family THRIPIDAE: Dendrothrips phyllirea (Bagnall)*, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouche)*, Neohydatothrips gracilipes Hood*, Anaphothrips obscures (Muller), A. sudanensis Trybom*, Aptinothrips elegans Priesner*, A. rufus (Haliday)*, Chirothrips kurdistanus zur Strassen*, Ch. manicatus (Haliday)*, Ch. meridionalis Bagnall*, Drepanothrips reuteri Uzel*, Frankliniella intonsa (Trybom), F. occidentalis (Pergande), F. pallid (Uzel), F. tenuicornis (Uzel)*, Limothrips transcaucasicus Savenko*, Microcephalothrips abdominalis (Crawford)*, Mycterothrips tschirkunae (Yakhontov)*, M. weii Mirab-balou, Shi & Chen*, Odontothrips confusus Priesner, Rubiothrips vitis (Priesner)*, Scolothrips longicornis Priesner*, Tenothrips discolor (Karny)*, T. frici (Uzel), Thrips atratus Haliday*, T. hawaiiensis (Morgan)*, T. meridionalis (Priesner)*, T. tabaci L., T. trehernei Priesner;
II. Suborder TEREBRANTIA: Family PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE: Bagnalliella yuccae (Hinds)*, Haplothrips reuteri (Karny), and Haplothrips tritici (Kurdjumov).