Megalurothrips Bagnall

Mirab-balou, Majid, Minaei, Kambiz & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2013, An illustrated key to the genera of Thripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Iran, ZooKeys 317, pp. 27-52 : 35

Megalurothrips Bagnall

Remarks.

Thirteen species are included in this genus ( ThripsWiki 2013), all breeding in the flowers of Fabaceae some as pests of cultivated legumes ( Masumoto 2010). Recently, Megalurothrips distalis (Karny) was recorded from Iran ( Mirab-balou and Chen 2011b). The members of this genus all have a pair of dorso-apical setae on the first antennal segment, and abdominal tergite VIII with many scattered microtrichia anterior to the spiracles ( Mound and Ng 2009).