Franklinothrips rarosae

Nomenclatural details

Franklinothrips rarosae Reyes, 1994: 129.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Leyte, Philippines. Distinguished from variegatus by female tergite X sharply bicoloured and longer antennal IV.

References

Reyes C.P. (1994) Thysanoptera (Hexapoda) of the Philippine Islands. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 42: 107–507.

Mound LA & Reynaud P (2005) Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant-mimicking obligate predators (Aeolothripidae). Zootaxa 864: 1–16.

Type information

Holotype male and paratype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra; male paratype in BMNH, London