Tenothrips Bhatti

Remarks.

This genus includes 19 flower-living species in the world (ThripsWiki 2013), of which Tenothrips frici (Uzel), is widespread around the world in warm temperate areas (Mound and Marullo 1996; Mirab-balou and Tong 2013). Bhatti (2003) reviewed this genus, listing 19 species. Four species are reported from Iran (Bhatti et al. 2009a), especially on the plant family Asteraceae, and Tenothrips frici is widely distributed in this country.