Franklinothrips variegatus
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Nomenclatural details
Franklinothrips variegatus Girault, 1927: 1.
Biology and Distribution
Described from southeastern Queensland, but probably widespread across Australia, in shrub and tree canopies.
References
Girault AA (1927) New Australian animals so far overlooked by outsiders. Published privately, Brisbane. pp. 1–2.
Mound LA & Reynaud P (2005) Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant-mimicking obligate predators (Aeolothripidae). Zootaxa 864: 1-16.
Mound LA, Tree DC & Paris D. (2012) Ozthrips – Thysanoptera in Australia. [1]
Type information
Holotype female, Queensland Museum, Brisbane.