title: The Iranian Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with description of a new genus and species.
abstract: Iranodendrothrips kamalii gen. et sp. n. is described from northeast of Iran and the morphological relationships among the closely related genera, Dendrothrips and Filicopsothrips, are discussed. Pseudodendrothrips bhattii is reported for the first time from Iran. Illustrated keys are provided to the genera and species of Dendrothripinae from Iran.
authors.affiliation: Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Khorasan-e Shomali, Bojnourd, Iran.; Email: j.alavi@areo.ir.
authors.forename: Jalil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.; Email: kminaei@shirazu.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Kambiz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minaei
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.; Email: fekrat@ferdowsi.um.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Lida
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fekrat
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D061149:Thysanoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development