Frankliniella, Karny, 1910

Miyasato, Elisa Aiko, 2017, The FranKliniella fauna of Brazil: additions and updated key to species (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Zootaxa 4323 (3), pp. 391-402 : 402

Key to Frankliniella species with pore plates on sternite III in females

1. Body yellow with tergite X posteriorly brown ( Fig. 1 )................................................ bambusae

-. Body brown........................................................................................ 2

2. Mouth cone long, broad, directed ventrally, usually causing head and prothorax to tilt strongly forward; pronotum trapezoidal (Fig. 46).................................................................................. magellanica

-. Mouth cone slender; pronotum rectangular ( Fig. 21 )........................................................ 3

3. Campaniform sensilla on metanotum absent............................................................... 4

-. Campaniform sensilla on metanotum present.............................................................. 5

4. Abdominal sternite II with at least one discal seta ( Fig. 40 ); abdominal sternite III with a pair of lateral pore plates ( Fig. 41 ); postocular setae pair I and/or pair III absent ( Fig. 16 )............................................... catharinensis

-. Abdominal sternite II without discal setae; abdominal sternite III with a median oval pore plate; postocular setae pairs I and III present.................................................................................... tympanona

5. Ocellar setae III more than 2.3 times longer than the width of a hind ocellus...................................... 6

-. Ocellar setae III not more than 2.3 times longer than the width of a hind ocellus................................... 7

6. Fore wing uniformly pale brownish yellow........................................................... colihue

-. Fore wing with distinct pale band on basal fifth (Fig. 45)............................................... australis

7. Abdominal sternite III with one median oval or a pair of lateral circular pore plates (Borbón 2013); ocellar setae III length 26– 37 microns (Berzosa & Maroto 2003); males with transverse pore plates on sternites III–VII....................... otites

-. Abdominal sternite III always with a median oval pore plate (Fig. 44); ocellar setae III length 7–22 microns (Sakimura & O’Neill 1979); males with oval, oblong pore plates on sternites III–VII................................... valdiviana

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 13. Frankliniella species. Body 1 – 6: (1) bambusae (female); (2) caseariae (female); (3) caseariae (male); (4) catharinensis (female); (5) catharinensis (male); (6) piauhyensis (female). Antenna 7 – 10: (7) bambusae; (8) caseariae; (9) catharinensis; (10) piauhyensis. Antennal segments I – IV 11 – 13: (11) borinquen; (12) parvula; (13) tritici.

FIGURES 14 – 24. Frankliniella species. (14) Head and pronotum of caseariae (male). Head 15 – 19: (15) bambusae; (16) catharinensis; (17) parvula; (18) piauhyensis; (19) tritici. Pronotum 20 – 23: (20) bambusae; (21) catharinensis; (22) piauhyensis; (23) tritici. (24) Fore wing of catharinensis.

FIGURES 37 – 41. Frankliniella species. (37) Sternites II – IV of bambusae (female); (38) Sternites V – VII of piauhyensis (male); (39) Sternites IV – VI of caseariae (male); (40) Sternite II of catharinensis (female); (41) Sternite III of catharinensis (female); (42) Sternite IV of catharinensis (male); (43) Sternites II – IV of magellanica (female); (44) Sternites II – III of valdiviana (female); (45) Fore wing of australis; (46) Head and pronotum of magellanica; (47) Meso- and metanotum of tympanona.