Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant­mimicking obligate predators (Aeolothripidae) Author Mound, Laurence A. Author Reynaud, Philippe text Zootaxa 2005 864 1 16 journal article 51091 10.5281/zenodo.170856 7c315efb-e525-4049-b3d9-17b80bd38b5a 1175­5326 170856 Franklinothrips basseti Mound & Marullo, 1998 : 944 The two females from which this species is known were taken from rainforest trees near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [ANIC]. In body form it is one of the less well­developed ant­mimics in this genus, with uniformly dusky forewings (Fig. 21), and the abdomen brown and scarcely constricted at the base ( Fig. 4 ). FIGURES 21–32. Franklinothrips species: 21­28 forewing; ( 21 ) F. basseti ; ( 22 ) F. brunneicornis ; ( 23 ) F. strasseni ; ( 24 ) F. o r i z a b e n s i s ; ( 25 ) F. vespiformis ; ( 26 ) F. variegatus ; ( 27 ) F. m e g a l o p s ; ( 28 ) F. suzukii ; ( 29 ) F. brunneicornis , male antennal segments I–III; ( 30 ) F. brunneicornis , female antennal segments I–III; ( 31 ) F. strasseni , female antenna; ( 32 ) F. brunneicornis , male tergite I.