Franklinothrips atlas
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Nomenclatural details
Franklinothrips atlas Hood, 1957: 172.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Bukama, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
References
Hood JD (1957) Two new Thysanoptera from the Belgian Congo. Proceedings of the entomological Society of London B 26: 172–174.
Mound LA & Reynaud P (2005) Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant-mimicking obligate predators (Aeolothripidae). Zootaxa 864: 1-16.
Type information
Holotype female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Instution, Washington DC.