Neoheegeria

Genus information

Neoheegeria Schmutz, 1909: 344. Type species Neoheegeria dalmatica Schmutz, 1909, by monotypy.

Haplothrips (Gigaplothrips) Priesner, 1949: 79. Type species Haplothrips giganteus Priesner, 1934, by monotypy. Synonymised by Minaei et al., 2007: 60.

Biology and Distribution

Associated with Lamiaceae flowers as well as various species of Astragalus. Iran and Southern European.

References

Schmutz K (1909) Zur kenntnis einiger neuer Thysanopterengenera und -spezies. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 23: 342–347.

Minaei K, Azemayeshfard P & Mound LA (2007) The southern Palaearctic genus Neoheegeria (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae): redefinition and key to species. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 150: 55–64.

Minaei K, Fekrat L & Mound L (2018)The genus Neoheegeria with a new species from Iran exhibiting wing-dimorphism (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Zootaxa 4455: 563–570.

Species

Neoheegeria astragali Minaei, Fekrat & Mound, 2018

Neoheegeria dalmatica Schmutz, 1909

Neoheegeria gigantea (Priesner, 1934)

Neoheegeria persica Priesner, 1954

Neoheegeria sinaitica Priesner, 1934