Frankliniella brunnea

Nomenclatural details

Euthrips cephalica reticulata Crawford DL, 1910: 155.

Frankliniella brunnea Priesner, 1932: 174.

Frankliniella tridacana Hood, 1937: 104.

Frankliniella fuscipennis Moulton, 1948: 105.

Frankliniella inopinata Moulton, 1948: 107.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mexico City, Mexico on Titohonia tubiformis (F. brunnea), E. reticulata, F. inopinata also from Mexico. F. fuscipennis from Chimaltenango, Guatemala and F. tridacana from Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Recorded from Costa Rica from Tagetes, Impatiens and Compositae flowers.

References

Crawford DL (1910) Thysanoptera of Mexico and the south II. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 2: 153–170.

Priesner H (1932) Neue Thysanopteren aus Mexiko, gesammelt von Prof Dr A Dampf Teil 1. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 49: 170–185.

Hood JD (1937) Studies on Neotropical Thysanoptera III. Revista de Entomologia 7: 96–115.

Moulton D (1948) The genus Frankliniella Karny, with keys for the determination of species (Thysanoptera). Revista de Entomologia 19: 55–114.

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1–488.

Type information

Holotype female (F. brunnea), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype (F. fuscipennis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype (F. tridacana), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Syntype (F. inopinata), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Syntype (E. reticulata), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.