The first report of Kakothrips dentatus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Turkey

In a molecular phylogenetic study based on 5299 bp from five genetic loci, the family Thripidae has been recovered as monophyletic. However, the subfamily Thripinae is paraphyletic and requires further study to understand its internal relationships (Buckman et al., 2013). A series of ‘genus-groups’ including Frankliniella genus-group has been proposed in Thripinae (Mound & Palmer, 1981). Nine genera including Kakothrips Williams have been allocated to this genus-group (Mound, 2002). Kakothrips consists of 8 species, mostly recorded from Europe (ThripsWiki, 2018). Up to now, two species of Kakothrips, K. priesneri Pelikan and K. robustus (Uzel) (as K. robustus (Westwood)) have been recorded from Turkey (Tunc & Hastenpflug-Vesmanis, 2016). In this paper the third species of the genus is reported from this country. Thrips specimens discussed in this paper were macerated in 2% NaOH solution for 12 hours. The specimens were then mounted onto slides in Canada balsam using the protocol described by Mound & Kibby (1998). The observations on structure were made using an Olympus BX51 phase-contrast microscope. Photomicrographs and measurements were made using this microscope with DP27 digital camera and cellSens software. The slide is deposited in the Plant Protection Department of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.