Franklinothrips megalops Trybom, 1912 : 147

Mound, Laurence A. & Reynaud, Philippe, 2005, Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant­mimicking obligate predators (Aeolothripidae), Zootaxa 864, pp. 1-16 : 11

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.170856

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6267729

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scientific name

Franklinothrips megalops Trybom, 1912 : 147
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Described originally from Kenya in the synonymic genus Mitothrips , the following three species are considered synonymous: F. a u re u s Moulton from South Africa, F. bischoffi Richter from Tanzania, and F. myrmicaeformis Zanon from Libya ( Pitkin & Mound, 1973; zur Strassen, 2003). This insect was observed commonly on trees in the gardens of the National Museum, Nairobi during August 1986. The females were not immediately recognised as Thysanoptera but, due to their behaviour, were considered initially to be bethylid wasps. They were noted to run actively, between periods of palpating the leaf surface with their antennae. The species is widespread in Africa, and specimens [SMF, BMNH] have been seen from the following countries: Spain, Israel, Palestine, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Transvaal, South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Nigeria and southern India . As noted below, F. m e g a l o p s appears to be part of a cline across the Old World tropics that includes F. r a ro s a e in the Philippines and F. variegatus in Australia, and the variation amongst museum specimens in the relationship of the head to the pronotum ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 1 – 11 ) is mentioned below under F. variegatus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Thysanoptera

Family

Aeolothripidae

Genus

Franklinothrips

Loc

Franklinothrips megalops Trybom, 1912 : 147

Mound, Laurence A. & Reynaud, Philippe 2005
2005
Loc

Franklinothrips megalops

Trybom 1912: 147
1912
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