Frankliniella caseariae Moulton, 1933

(Figs 2, 3, 8, 14, 26, 39)

Male macroptera. Colour: Head and thorax light brown (Fig. 14); legs yellowish brown; fore wing brown with basal fourth weakly lighter; abdominal tergites I–VIII mostly brown with lateral 1/6 yellow, IX–X yellow (Fig. 3); antennal segments mainly brown, except for segment III basal third yellow and apical two thirds shaded brown (Fig. 8). Structure: similar to female (Fig. 2), but with broad transverse pore plates on abdominal sternites III–VII (Fig. 39).

Measurements (in microns): Body length 1190. Head, length 73 width 130; Ocellar setae III 55; postocular setae IV 25. Pronotum, length 108, width 163; Pronotal major setae, aa 68, am 68, pm 48, pa I 73, pa II 70. Fore wing length 650. Antennal segments I–VIII 20, 33, 48, 38, 33, 48, 8, 10.

Material Examined. Brazil. São Paulo: Campinas (Mata de Santa Genebra), one male and four females on Eupatorium laevigatum, 14.iii.1994 (F.L. Cônsoli), Piracicaba, one female on shrubs, 13.iii.1997 (R.C. Monteiro) (CHNUFPI and ESALQ) .

Comments. Frankliniella caseariae was described from one female (Moulton 1933), but Cavalleri and Mound (2012) recorded some more females; the male described here is the first known of this species. The specimen is structurally very similar to females, but paler, as is usual in other dark-bodied Frankliniella species.