Ankothrips zayandicus

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Ankothrips zayandicus - head & thorax of male paratype

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Ankothrips zayandicus - antennal segment II of male paratype

Nomenclatural details

Ankothrips zayandicus Minaei, Haftbaradaran & Mound, 2012: 38.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Iran, from flowers of Suaeda sp. (Chenopodiaceae).

References

Minaei K, Haftbaradaran F, & Mound LA (2012) A new Ankothrips species (Thysanoptera: Melanthripidae) from Iran with unusually short setae. Zootaxa 3552: 37-42.

Type information

Holotype female, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Iran.