اولین گزارش Compsothrips uzeli (Hood, 1952) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) از ایران

The Phlaeothripidae is regarded as the sole member of the Thysanoptera suborder Tubulifera, which is the largest family of Thysanoptera, with more than 450 genera in two subfamilies Idolothripinae and Phlaeothripinae. Members of Idolothripinae are all considered to feed on fungal spores. In this group, the genus Compsothrips is known a genus of ant mimics living at ground level with 27 species from various parts of the world, mainly pantropical. Compsothrips species share a combination of following characters: eyes distinctly prolonged ventrally; antennae segment III with 1 or 2 sense cones, IV with 2; notopleural sutures complete; basantra present; metathoracic sternopleural sutures complete; fore tarsal tooth present in both sexes; abdominal tergites usually without sigmoid wing-retaining setae; tube surface smooth, anal setae shorter or a little longer than tube.
Compsothrips uzeli (Hood) is reported here for the first time from Iran, based on a single female collected from Khorasan-e shomali province, Raz, Goinik, on Artemisia sp., autumn 2017. Only one other species C. albosignatus (Reuter) has already been reported from Iran.

Diagnosis: apterous; color dark brown to black, with a conspicuous white dash along each side of abdominal tergites I and II and a rounded white spot at sides of tergire V, the reminder of tergum I and the extreme posterior part of metanotum occupied by a transverse bright red spot, the white markings of tergites I and II extending downward onto the sides of the segments; all tarsi yellow, fore tarsi often darker and somewhat brownish; antenna black, excepting the brownish distal third of the segment II and the yellow segment III, the latter segment clouded with gray across basal second fifth and again in apical third.