Franklinothrips basseti Mound & Marullo, 1998 : 944

Mound, Laurence A. & Reynaud, Philippe, 2005, Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant­mimicking obligate predators (Aeolothripidae), Zootaxa 864, pp. 1-16 : 9

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.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 11. Franklinothrips species: (1) F. vespiformis female; (2) F. vespiformis larva; (3) F. a tla s, female holotype; (4) F. basseti, female holotype; (5) F. brunneicornis, female holotype; (6) F. lineatus, topotypic female; (7) F. lineatus, topotypic male; (8) F. fulgidus, female holotype; (9) F. m e g a l o p s, female from India; (10) F. o r i z a b e n s i s, female from California; (11) F. o r i z a b e n s i s, male from California.