Majid Mirab-balou - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.
Behzad Miri - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Naser Moeini-Naghadeh - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Hassan Ali Vahedi - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

Genus and species of Dichromothrips smithi (Zimmermann) (Thripidae: Thripinae) is recorded from Iran, Ilam province for the first time. Specimens of this species have been collected on rangeland plants by beating an unknown plant over a white plate. Diagnostic morphological characters and the geographical distribution of the newly recorded thrips are given.

taxonomy, Thripidae, Iran, new record