Frankliniella fulvipennis, Moulton, 1933

Cavalleri, Adriano & Mound, Laurence A., 2012, Toward the identification of Frankliniella species in Brazil (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 3270, pp. 1-30 : 8

* fulvipennis Moulton, 1933

( Figs 30 , 46, 92, 127)

Described from Brazil, this thrips has been recorded widely in Central America on several plant species ( Mound & Marullo 1996). Because of its unusual eyes, with two ventral and three anterolateral ommatidia enlarged, this species was placed in Exophthalmothrips by Retana-Salazar (1998). That author stated that the posteromarginal comb on tergite VIII is incomplete medially, but on the holotype the comb is complete and with relatively short teeth. The fore wings and antennal segments are largely brown, except for the paler antennal segment III.

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 30. Head and pronotum of Frankliniella spp. (22) F. annulipes; (23) F. australis; (24) F. bertelsi; (25) F. brevicaulis; (26) F. brunnea; (27) F. c u r t a; (28) F. distinguenda; (29) F. frumenti; (30) F. fulvipennis.