Franklinothrips tenuicornis Hood, 1915 : 163

Mound, Laurence A. & Reynaud, Philippe, 2005, Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant­mimicking obligate predators (Aeolothripidae), Zootaxa 864, pp. 1-16 : 13

Franklinothrips tenuicornis Hood, 1915: 163

Described from Panama, with the synonym Mitothrips petulans Bagnall based on a male from Trinidad, this species has been studied from Trinidad, Surinam, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and southern Brazil [SMF, BMNH, USNM]. Many of these specimens were taken from vines, including Vitex and Ipomoea , but others were taken from dead branches. The forewing pattern is similar to that of F. vespiformis , but antennal segment IV is paler than in that species, sometimes being largely yellow ( Fig. 13 ).

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FIGURES 12 – 20. Franklinothrips species: (12) F. strasseni, female holotype; (13) F. tenuicornis, female from Sta Catarina, Brazil; (14) F. tenuicornis, male from Sta Catarina, Brazil; (15) F. variegatus, female; (16) F. vespiformis, female from Sao Paulo, Brazil; (17) F. vespiformis, male from Sedona, Arizona, USA; (18) F. brunneicornis, female head; (19) F. s u z u k i i, female holotype; (20) F. brunneicornis, male head.