Frankliniella varipes

Nomenclatural details

Frankliniella longispinosa Moulton, 1933: 116.

Frankliniella varipes Moulton, 1933: 118.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Santa Theresa, Brazil (F. longispinosa) also from Inga marginata (F. varipes). Recorded from Trinidad on Lantana flowers and Costa Rica on Miconia longifolia and Impatiens balsamina.

References

Moulton D (1933) The Thysanoptera of South America II. Revista de Entomologia 3: 96–133.

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

Cavalleri A & Mound LA (2012) Toward the identification of Frankliniella species in Brazil (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 3270: 1–30.

Type information

Holotype female (F. longispinosa), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype female (F. varipes), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.