Mahsa Hakimara - Department of Biology, College of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Saber Sadeghi - Department of Biology, College of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Kambiz Minaei - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Inci Sahin - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.

The genus and species, Sinuothrips hasta Collins, was identified based on specimens of both sexes collected from Phragmites and an unkown species of Asteraceae in Fars province. This genus is known previously only from England, Turkey and China. A brief diagnostic characters for the genus and species is provided and illustrated.

Iran, new record, thrips