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Female macroptera. Body brown (paler in summer forms), all tarsi, fore tibiae in distal half, distal apex of mid and hind tibiae are yellow; antennal segments I–II brown but the color of remaining segments variable depending on collecting date (III–VI yellow, VII–VIII yellow-brownish in summer forms; III yellow, IV–VIII yellow-brownish, gradually darker brown in spring forms); fore wing pale except for basal area; major body setae as well as sub-basal wing setae pale but tergite setae and anal setae slightly shaded at base.
Antennae 8-segmented, segment III with two, IV with four sensoria, VII slightly constricted at base, VIII short and broad at base (Fig. 1). Head a little longer than wide with maxillary stylets 0.2–0.3 of head width apart, retracted anterior to post ocular setae; post ocular setae blunt or capitate, extending to posterior margin of eye (Fig. 2). Cheeks weakly rounded. Maxillary bridge well developed. Mouth cone rounded.
Pronotum transverse, without sculpture lines except close to posterior margin; notopleural sutures complete; five pairs of developed setae present: am, aa, ml, epim and pa, all blunt or capitate (Fig. 2); prosternum with paired basantra and ferna as well as a spinasternum, ferna broad (Fig. 3). Mesonotum transversely weakly reticulate, with no microtrichia, lateral setae well developed, weakly capitate (Fig. 4). Mesopresternum eroded medially (Fig. 3). Metanotum reticulate, with no microtrichia, median setae slender and acute, arise on posterior half of sclerite, with 2–4 small setae on anterior half (Fig. 4). Fore tarsal tooth conspicuous (Fig. 2). Fore wing constricted medially (Fig. 6), sub-basal setae S1, S2 and S3 blunt or capitate, their bases arranged in a triangle (Fig. 5), 2–7 duplicated cilia present (Fig. 6).
Pelta triangular, weakly reticulate (Fig. 7). Tergite II–VII with wing-retaining setae, anterior pair weaker than posterior one, these being weakest on tergite II; tergites II–VII with a few lines of sculpture and 3–5 discal setae lateral to two pairs of developed wing-retaining setae; marginal setae S1 and S2 on tergites VII–IX long and finely pointed, S2 on other tergites finely pointed but S1 usually blunt, rarely finely pointed and sometimes variable on different tergites, tending to be more pointed on posterior than anterior tergites. Tergite VII with two campaniform sensilla not close to each other, separated by at least 0.1 width of tergite, with four micro-setae laterally; tergite VIII campaniform sensilla further apart, more than two times as those on tergite VIII, three to four micro-setae between sensilla or sometimes in front of them (Fig. 8). Tube short, about twice as long as basal width (Fig. 9); anal setae usually longer than tube.
Measurements.(holotype female, in microns). Body distended length 1845. Head, length 190; median width 180; postocular setae 35. Pronotum, length 35; width 68; major setae am 34, aa 33, ml 26, epim 51, pa 43. Fore wing length 700; sub-basal wing setae 41, 50, 68. Tergite IX setae S1 95, S2 85. Tube length 108; basal width 58. Antennal segments III–VIII length 38, 47, 43, 41, 33, 21.
Male macroptera. Color and structure similar to female. Sternites with no pore plates; tergite IX setae S2 short and stout (Fig. 10). Pseudovirga spoon shaped at apex (Fig. 11).
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- Kambiz Minaei, Maryam Aleosfoor
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- Minaei K, Aleosfoor M (2013) A new species of Haplothrips from southern Iran (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) ZooKeys 275: 91–99
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- Kambiz Minaei
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- Maryam Aleosfoor