title: Gynaikothrips uzeli (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), new record from Tartous, Syria.
abstract: The weeping fig thrips Gynaikothrips uzeli Zimmermann (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) is newly recorded for the first time in the leaf galls of the weeping fig tree Ficus benjamina L. (Rosales: Moraceae) in the coastal area of Tartous, Syria. The thrips caused purplish red spots on the leaf surface of the host plant and the leaves curl. G. uzeili appears to be successfully adapted to this area.
authors.affiliation: General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), Tartous Research Center, Tartous, Syria aligermany80@yahoo.de.
authors.forename: Ali Yaseen
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D030681:Ficus / Q000254:growth & development*; D020387:Food Chain; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000254:growth & development; D013593:Syria; D061149:Thysanoptera / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Ficus benjamina; galls; phlaeothripidae