Frankliniella serrata, Moulton, 1933

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

serrata Moulton, 1933

( Figs 18 , 39 , 106 , 142 )

Placed in the minuta group, this species is known only from females collected in Brazil. It has uniformly dark brown mid and hind femora and tibiae, contrasting with the yellow tarsi. The head lacks postocular setal pair I and abdominal tergite VIII has a complete posteromarginal comb of small microtrichia arising from large triangular bases.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 21. Females of Frankliniella spp. (13) F. occidentalis (dark form); (14) F. occidentalis (bicoloured form); (15) F. parvula; (16) F. schultzei (yellow form); (17) F. schultzei (dark form); (18) F. serrata; (19) F. trinidadensis; (20) F. v a r i p e s; (21) F. williamsi.

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 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.