Faunistic Survey of Thysanoptera (Insecta) in kalat region on khorasan-e-Razavi province

The present survey was carried out during 2014-2015 on Thysanoptera fauna in Kalat region, north east of Khorasan-e-Razavi province, Iran. The thrips specimens were collected directly from different host plants, field crops, orchards, ornamental and pasture plants. In this study a total of 40 species belong to 15 genera and 4 families were collected and identified. Among the collected species, 14 species are considered to be new records for Khorasan-e-Razavi province. The most identified species were belonging to suborder Terebrantia and among families of this suborder; Thripidae with 11 genera and 29 species was richest family in this region. In suborder Tubulifera, genus Haplothris from Phlaeothripidae had the most identified species in Kalat region. In genus Thrips , T. tabaci, T. meridionalis ,T. atratus and in genus Haplothrips , H. tritici had the most host plant diversity respectively. Distribution in Iran and world distribution are presented for all the species.