Franklinothrips variegatus

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Female

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.