Franklinothrips vespiformis ( Crawford, 1909 )

Mirab-balou, M. & Tong, X. L., 2012, First Record Of Franklinothrips Vespiformis (Crawford, 1909) (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripi- Dae) From Mainland China, Far Eastern Entomologist 249, pp. 5-7 : 6-7

Franklinothrips vespiformis ( Crawford, 1909)

Figs 1–6

Aeolothrips vespiformis Crawford 1909: 109 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. China: The experimental farm (23°10'04"N, 113°21'46"E) at South China Agricultural University, 4♀, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, from eggplant, Solanum melongena L. ( Solanaceae ), 28.XI 2004, Coll. Wang Jun.

DIAGNOSIS. Macropterous female: body dark brown; abdominal segments II–III and X yellow ( Figs. 1, 2 ); antennal segments I–III yellow ( Fig. 4 ), the rest brown; legs brown except femora with yellow marking; forewing with small subapical pale area, although this is sometimes indistinct ( Fig. 6 ). Head broader, completely recessed into pronotum, prolonged in front of eyes ( Fig. 3 ); eyes large, extending far under onto ventral side of head, coarsely facetted, not pilose. Ocelli present, large, posterior ocelli bigger than fore ocellus; with 4–6 pairs of postocular setae. Antennae 9-segmented; segment III longest, with sensorium on IV extending full length of segment. Maxillary palpi 3-segmented. Pronotum longer and broader than head, smooth; mesonotum smooth anterior of median setae, with striation behind median setae, median pair of setae situated in middle of sclrite; mesosternum entirely divided by furcal spinula; metanotal median setae situated near anterior margin. Forewing broad ( Fig. 6 ); anterior and posterior vein setae well-developed, cilia straight; clavus with 6 marginal setae; hind wing posterior margin darker than anterior. Abdomen narrowly attached to thorax; tergites with median setae small and wide apart; tergal median setae situated anterior to campaniform sensilla; tergite IX with two pairs of long setae situated on posterior margin; tergite X with two pairs of long setae posterior to campaniform sensilla. Abdominal sternites III–VII with two pairs of marginal setae and two pairs of discal setae laterally; sternite VII with two pairs of small discal setae sub-medially ( Fig. 5 ). Ovipositor well-developed.

DISTRIBUTION. China (Guangdong Province, Taiwan); Central America, USA, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Surinam, Venezuela, El Salvador, Brazil, Fiji, Japan, Thailand, New Caledonia, Australia (Queensland).

NOTES. This species was identified based on the original description and characters stated in Mound and Reynaud (2005).

Figures

Figs. 1-6. Franklinothrips vespiformis. 1 – abdominal tergites I–V; 2 – abdominal tergites VIII–X; 3 – head; 4 – antennal segments III & IV; 5 – abdominal sternite VII; 6 – forewing.