Frankliniella simplex, Priesner, 1924

Cavalleri, Adriano & Mound, Laurence A., 2012, Toward the identification of Frankliniella species in Brazil (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 3270, pp. 1-30 : 13

simplex Priesner, 1924

( Figs 40 , 75 , 107 , 143 )

Originally described from Mexico, but recorded from Guatemala ( Mound & Marullo 1996), one female of this dark brown thrips has been recorded from Orchidaceae flowers in São Paulo (Monteiro 1999). The fore wings are almost uniformly brown, scarcely paler at the base, and setae S1 on abdominal tergite IX are little more than half of S 2 in length. Ocellar setae pair III are rather short, 25–35 microns long, and the pronotum has almost no sculpture medially apart from a weak longitudinal ridge.

Figures

FIGURES 31 – 42. Head and pronotum of Frankliniella spp. (31) F. graminis sp. n.; (32) F. g e m i n a; (33) F. hemerocallis; (34) F. insularis; (35) F. nakaharai; (36) F. occidentalis; (37) F. peruviana; (38) F. p l a t e n s i s; (39) F. serrata; (40) F. s i m p l e x; (41) F. varipes; (42) F. williamsi.

FIGURES 65 – 76. Meso & metanotum of Frankliniella spp. (65) F. g a rd e n i a e; (66) F. g e m i n a; (67) F. hemerocallis; (68) F. insularis; (69) F. k o n o i; (70) F. musaeperda; (71) F. n a k a h a r a i; (72) F. occidentalis; (73) F. p l a t e n s i s; (74) F. schultzei; (75) F. simplex; (76) F. trinidadensis.

FIGURES 99 – 109. Abdominal tergites of Frankliniella spp. (99) F. musaeperda; (100) F. n ak a ha r ai; (101) F. occidentalis; (102) F. oxyura; (103) F. peruviana; (104) F. schultzei; (105) F. p l a t e n s i s; (106) F. serrata; (107) F. s i m p l e x; (108) F. v a r i p e s; (109) F. graminis sp. n. (lateral view of tergites IV – V).

FIGURES 133 – 154. Antenna of Frankliniella spp. (133) F. insularis; (134) F. m i n u t a; (135) F. musaeperda; (136) F. nakaharai; (137) F. occidentalis; (138) F. parvula; (139) F. peruviana; (140) F. p l a t e n s i s; (141) F. schultzei; (142) F. serrata; (143) F. simplex; (144) F. trinidadensis; (145) F. v a r i pe s; (146) F. williamsi; (147) F. zucchini; antennal segment III (arrow indicate pedicel) 148 – 154: (148) F. brevicaulis (arrow indicates the cup-shaped pedicel); (149) F. c a s e a r i a e; (150) F. condei; (151) F. gardeniae; (152) F. musaeperda; (153) F. parvula (arrow indicates the elongated pedicel); (154) F. tritici.